🎣 Fishing Conditions
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Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island fishing & marine conditions
This stretch runs north-east from Victoria along the edge of Haro Strait, past a chain of small islands and reefs on the boundary between Canadian and American waters. It is more exposed than the Gulf Islands proper but better sheltered than Juan de Fuca Strait, with a great deal of tidal structure packed into a small area.
What runs here, and when
Chinook use this corridor both as winter residents on the local banks and as summer migrants moving through toward the Fraser. Coho pass later in the season. The islands and reefs concentrate bait, so the fishing tends to be tied to structure and tide rather than spread evenly across the area.
Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island salmon fishing — runs, limits & season
Local hazards
Currents run hard through the passes between the islands and set up rips that stand up sharply against wind. The international boundary runs through this water, and licensing and regulations differ on the American side - know which side you are on. Reefs and drying rocks are numerous and not all are obvious at high water. Ferry and freighter traffic transits Haro Strait.
Tides, current and sea state
Haro Strait carries a large volume of tidal exchange, and the streams here are strong enough to dominate boat handling near the islands. Plan around slack water for the passes. Because the tide sets across the boundary, a drift while fishing can carry you further than intended in either direction.
Live data on this page
Conditions above are for 48.420°N, 123.220°W. Wind, wave and pressure data come from Open-Meteo and refresh every three hours; tide predictions come from the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The fishing score combines wind, wave height, barometric trend, moon phase, tide movement and time of day.
Marine forecast & warnings
Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island lies in Environment and Climate Change Canada's Haro Strait marine forecast zone.
No marine warnings are in effect for this zone.
ECCC reissues the forecast through the day and can post a warning at any hour, so the Marine Forecast panel above carries the current wind, visibility and multi-day outlook word for word. It describes the open water of the zone, not a particular bay inside it, and is no substitute for the VHF or weatheradio broadcast.
Regulations
Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island lies in DFO Pacific Area 19. Openings, closures and limits change in-season and differ between subareas, so check the DFO Area 19 recreational fishing page before you go. Nothing on this page is a substitute for the current regulations, official charts, or the marine forecast.
As of November 1, 2026, seven closure areas are in effect in DFO Pacific Area 19, among them Ogden Point, Esquimalt Harbour and Christmas Point. Salmon limits for the area: chinook 2 per day in 19-1, 19-3 and 19-4, closed in 19-2, 2 per day in 19-5 to 19-11, non retention in 19-12; chum 4 per day; coho 2 per day; pink 4 per day; sockeye non retention.
Read from the DFO Area 19 page, last updated 2026-11-01. See the full Area 19 regulations for every closure and limits table, or the Fishery Notices for changes newer than that date.
Nearby locations
- Victoria Harbour
- Victoria Harbour (Area 19)
- Beecher Bay to Trial Islands (Area 20)
- Finlayson Arm (Area 18)
- Sidney
- Otter Point to Secretary Island (Area 20)