===== Bellingham Marine Paddling =====

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This page is intended to address paddling options that are not specifically good for [[:bellingham_bay_downwinders|downwinding]] although as they are ocean based with many significant tidal currents they all contain the possibility of vastly varied and potentially very difficult paddling conditions - so [[:bellingham_local_conditions|weather forecasts, web cams, on water conditions]] and [[:local|local knowledge]] should be carefully consulted pre-outing.

  * Whatcom Association of Kayak Enthusiasts (WAKE) [[https://wakekayak.org/trip-reports/|Trip Reports]]
  * [[https://nwcruising.net/nm_folders/bellingham.html|Cruising Distances from Bellingham]] (suitable for boats with up to 48" of draft)
  * **Bellingham Bay**
      * [[:bham_bay_launches|Small Craft Launch Locations]]
  * **Vendovi Island**  - [[https://sjpt.org/visit-our-preserves/vendovi-island-preserve/|San Juan Preservation Trust]]
  * **Lummi Island**
      * [[https://www.dnr.wa.gov/LummiIsland|DNR Boater Campsite]]
      * **Trip and Circumnavigation Tales**
        * [[:stories:round_lummi_cc_2007|Round Lummi Counter-Clockwise (Dean's Trip to Hell) 6/17/2007]]
        * [[:stories:eel_grass_poem|LG's Eel Grass Ode (another Lummi Circuit) 9/01/2007]]
        * [[:stories:lummi_onno|Another Lummi Is. Circuit w/ New Onno Paddle, & "205" 7/15/2008]]
        * [[:stories:two_epic_trips|Two Epic Trips - Lummi and Back, Anacortes to Friday Harbor 6/19/2005]]
  * **San Juan Visits**
      * [[:stories:san_juan_circuit_2009|Single Day Circumnavigation of San Juans (83 miles) 7/25/2009]]
      * [[:stories:round_orcas_2009|Single Day Circumnavigation of Orcas Is. (62.3 miles) 7/28/2009]]

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**Sucia Is. to Orcas Is.**

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