by Keith and Heather Nicol
We have never kayaked in December
before so when Wednesday, Dec 9 forecasted sunny skies and 9 C we thought we
should take advantage of it. But when dense fog started the day we thought we
might have to cancel. But then fog began to break up at our house and the web
cam for Pt Holmes showed no fog at that location so we set off at noon. When we
arrived, we were surprised to see 3 swimmers
getting ready to head into the water. They all had wet suits and basically did
laps back and forth just off shore.  We paddled toward Cape Lazo and since it was high tide (close to 5 meters) we knew most of the rocks that seals and birds like to hang out on would be covered but we did see a boulder covered in black turnstones that let us get very close to them . It was only when the kayak bumped the rock they were on did they take flight. Amazing!! We also saw some harlequin ducks along the way and a few seals but generally there wasn’t much bird or animal life that we encountered as we headed around Cape Lazo toward Kye Bay.  A fog bank lingered offshre We could see the remnants of the earlier fog lingering offshore so we didn’t get good views of the BC Mainland or Texada Island. But the weather was superb and the water basically flat calm as we paddled around into Kye Bay. We returned via the same route and at the take out encountered several more swimmers getting ready to take to the water. We hope to get in more winter paddling this season and fully recommend as a very covid 19 friendly activity. Be sure to check out the web cam before you head out so you can see the weather and wave conditions at the boat launch. It can be viewed at: http://www.pointholmesrecreation.ca/rampcam/. It is always interesting to see the variety of birds and other wildlife in this area and we look forward to our next kayak trip to Point Holmes.
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