Kayak camping, tides & launches: Nova Scotia, PEI & Cape Breton

Nova Scotia, PEI & Cape Breton: Coastal paddling with 421 campsites, 355 boat launches and 124 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 1 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (143 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Nova Scotia & PEI on the mapTides at Caribou
421campsites
355boat launches
124tide stations
1current stations
143 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 21 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (65)

Permit, protocol or private (3)

Free or backcountry (23)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (141)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Tidal currents and slack water

Boat launches

Plus 311 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Bras d'Or Lakes 路 Cabot Strait 路 Eastern Shore 路 Fourchu 路 Grand Manan 路 Gulf - Magdalen 路 Halifax Harbour and Approaches 路 Lurcher 路 Northumberland Strait 路 Sable 路 Southwestern Shore

Download for GPS and other map apps

421 campsites and 353 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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