Days are very short! Dark by about 4:30 or 5:00. Wind can be there or not. I
live in Seattle nearby, and winter is our favorite time to sea kayak.

Check out the Gulf Islands, located between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
They are really beautiful with protected waters, tiny towns, B&Bs and the like
as well as camping and some uninhabited smaller islands. Takes a ferry to get
there from Vancouver and you'd need to have a car probably. Do a google search
on Galiano Island Sea Kayaking, or Galiano Kayak or something like that. They
are based there. Good luck!