Nitinat Lake is a fjord-lake that is long, narrow, and strongly salt-stratified. It is connected to the ocean by a 3 km (1.8 miles) long natural shallow channel, limiting the exchange between the 203 m (666 ft.) deep lake and the Pacific Ocean. Nitinat Lake is one of the best spots for kiteboarding. Besides Nitinat Lake kiteboarding, the lake is also one of the popular destinations for windsurfing in North America due to the consistent winds.
Nitinat Lake is large and strongly salt-stratified on the southwest of Vancouver Island, suitable for kiteboarding. The southern point of the lake ends in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Nitinat Lake has been classified as a saltwater [tidal] loch or inlet. Nitinat seawater flows over a shallow sill twice daily into the twenty-three-kilometre lagoon. The mean breadth of Nitinat Lake is slightly more than a kilometre (0.6 miles) wide and 200 meters (656 ft) deep at the midway. Get away from daily routines and frolic with your family in a houseboat as you cruise the cool and clean water of Nitinat Lake, just southwestern Vancouver Island. Get rocked to sleep at night and wake up to the sound of waves gently lapping against the side of your vessel. Explore freshwater coves, inlets, and more to have the time of your life, or focus on relaxation.
Nitinat Lake has almost a distance of 171 km (106.2 miles) from Victoria by the northwest road and about 80 km (50 miles) with the town of Lake Cowichan.