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Esquimalt Harbour Entrance

48.43°N · 123.44°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-2 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Chinook showing near Esquimalt, plus…

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Calm
est. from wind
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
29% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 3kn SE G3. Sea Calm (est. from wind). Air 14.9°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
1 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Max head-on length 112 cm (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 – Mar 31 2027). Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record all retained halibut. Spear fishing while diving closed at Ogden Point year round.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openWolf Eel Catch & releaseChum salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDungeness Crab ClosedLingcod Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~3 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-90 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Esquimalt Harbour Entrance is an outer-exposed corridor off Victoria's western shoreline, where tidal flow funnels between headlands over a mixed bottom in DFO subarea 19-3. Working depths run from 25 to 90 feet, with structure transitions and current seams concentrating bait along the entrance. Chinook Salmon push through from June to August, followed by Coho Salmon peaking June through September, while Lingcod hold on the rockier edges with peaks from November to March and again April through June. Dungeness Crab occupy the softer mixed patches adjacent to the corridor. Tide changes drive the bite here, as moving water stacks feed against the contours framing the harbour mouth.

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