Scattering Ashes of your pet in Victoria BC

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Most pet owners don’t give much thought to handling their pet’s remains until the matter is at hand.

pet cremation scattering ashes at sea Victoria

Different ways to scatter cremated remains of your beloved departed pet.

  • Scattering ashes in the ocean off southern Vancouver Island is one of the most common practices here on the west coast. Water-soluble urns can be used, however, most of our clients prefer to simply scattered the cremated ashes downwind over the side of the boat and throwing flowers over the spot. This is the service we provide.
  • Casting is the act of throwing the ashes into the wind downwind. A good marker is to throw the ashes below your waist.
  • Trenching the ashes is another way to spread cremated remains by digging a small hole into the ground and burying the ashes in the hole.
  • Raking ashes involves pouring the ashes on to the ground and raking them so they spread everywhere. This is often conducted in communal gardens where scattering ashes is a regular activity.
  • Green burial ash scattering is a modern, green way of spreading cremated remains. Here, the ashes are put inside a biodegradable urn and are mixed with soil. In due time, the urn will grow into a tree.
  • Ashes sent into space are another method that’s gaining popularity. For a steep price of close to $2,000, you can have the ashes brought to outer space.

Scattering the ashes of a loved one’s pet into the ocean can be an extraordinarily beautiful way to say goodbye. Many people love the idea of the ocean teaming with life.

Typically we travel out of the harbor about 15 to 25 minutes or so, come to a rest at which point the ashes are released. Flowers are often tossed into the water after which the vessel encircles the area and returns to port.

scattering pets ashes in the ocean off the coast of southern Vancouver Island

You can do this yourself – you do not need a licence to spread ashes in tidal coastal waters off of the British Columbia - however, doing this by boat as opposed to from the shoreline also lessens the chances of you being intruded upon and the ashes washing back up on shore.

Bereavement

Sorrow and grief are normal and natural responses to death. Like grief for humans, grief for animal companions can only be dealt with over time. Sadly most of us have to make the impossible decision to put our pet to sleep. If you cremate your pet you can then take your time to grieve and say farewell when you’re ready with a respectful send off scattering their ashes at sea.

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Humpys, Orcas, Stellars and California Sea Lions all in one afternoon

Every day is a unique adventure out on the Salish Sea but today’s trip stood out. We launched at Pedder Bay Marina in Metchosin to place us close to Race Rocks. As the California and Stellar Sea Lion bulls were entertaining us from their perches on the rock formations we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by a dozen or so of these mamoths swimming, diving and porpoising. Then the incredible happened. One of the stellars suddenly sprang out of the water not 40 feet from us with a huge salmon which it had just caught as it breached the surface. The salmon was squirming it the sea lion’s mouth. Just as quickly as the stellar had surfaced he dove again and repeated this motion 2 more times. All the while a dozen or so of his very excited mates were porpoising almost in unison as a group. In 12 years being out here on the ocean that was a first for me. This was just the begginning of our adventure. We had heard reports of 4 to 6 humpbacks in the general vicinity over the past week. As we networked with our colleagues we heard 6 transient orcas were nearby. We spent a bit of time enjoying the orcas before heading out in the direction of the shipping lanes where soon we spotted 4 humpbacks. They put on quite a show for us including some excellent tail flukes. The humpbacks were also very vocal. All this in the space of 4 hours on one of those special autumn days when the seas were calm and the sun was out.