Before you go
Before you go
Live conditions from official and service sources. Ask us for the Wi-Fi password if you'd like to check from your room.
Weather, tides & roads
Weather forecastEnvironment Canada, CroftonTide timesOsborne Bay and CroftonHighway conditionsDriveBC: Malahat, Highway 1 and 19, Highway 4Wildfire statusBC Wildfire Service mapAir qualityBC air quality stations
Ferries
Each link opens BC Ferries' live page for that route: next sailings, how full the boat is, and any delays. Most Island routes can't be reserved for foot passengers; mainland routes can and should be in summer.
Crofton – Salt Spring (Vesuvius Bay)From the inn, a five-minute walk. Route 4 and Salt Spring daysChemainus – Thetis IslandSmall island day trip from ChemainusChemainus – Penelakut IslandPenelakut Tribe land; visit only by invitationSwartz Bay – Salt Spring (Fulford Harbour)Salt Spring's south end, from the Victoria sideBrentwood Bay – Mill BayThe Malahat shortcut on a Victoria or Butchart dayNanaimo Harbour – Gabriola IslandGabriola day trip from downtown NanaimoDuke Point – TsawwassenMainland crossing closest to the inn, 35 minutes awayDeparture Bay – Horseshoe BayNanaimo to West Vancouver and WhistlerSwartz Bay – TsawwassenVictoria to Vancouver, the busiest routeSalt Spring (Long Harbour) – TsawwassenSalt Spring direct to the mainlandAll routes, both directionsEvery BC Ferries route, including mainland-to-Island sailingsAll service noticesCancellations, refits and weather delays on every route
Flights
Nanaimo is 40 minutes north of the inn; Victoria is about 1 hour 15 minutes south via the Malahat.
Nanaimo Airport (YCD): arrivalsLive arrivals boardNanaimo Airport (YCD): departuresLive departures boardVictoria Airport (YYJ): arrivalsLive arrivals boardVictoria Airport (YYJ): departuresLive departures board