Sepa Lake
MU 5-2, Cariboo
51.7342° N, 121.3528° W
- Surface area
- 20.5ha
- Maximum depth
- 4.9m
- 16 ft
- Elevation
- 883m
Open Sepa Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Sepa Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-2
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Minnow (General) (last recorded 1971)
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Closed to ice fishing
- Coordinates
- 51.7342, -121.3528
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Fish on record at Sepa Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnow (General) | 1971 | 1971 | 1 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Sepa Lake
Best times of year at Sepa Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Sepa Lake fishing regulations
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Sepa Lake
2.2 km of traced road to the shore by way of Kallum Dr and Easzee Dr. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 200 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 51.7342, -121.3528
Depth chart for Sepa Lake
4.9 mdeepest
Sepa Lake runs to 4.9 m (16 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Sepa Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.
The ice year at Sepa Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Sepa Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 7 November and 21 November, and ice-off between 15 April and 1 May. The median winter freezes on 14 November and opens on 24 April.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 15 November 2024 to 15 April 2025, 151 days.
Sepa Lake is closed to ice fishing.
Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.
Sepa Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Sepa Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.8 Csince the 1960s
- 3.4 Caverage year now
- 2.6 Caverage year then
- -5 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Sepa Lake
The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.
| Day | Sky | High / low | Wind | Rain | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Overcast | 11° / -2° | 11 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 1° | 10 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Falling (-9.8 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Light drizzle | 7° / 0° | 16 km/h, gusts 34 | dry | Rising (+2.7 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -2° | 11 km/h, gusts 21 | dry | Rising (+13.0 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / 0° | 7 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Falling (-1.5 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -2° | 8 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Rising (+5.5 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -1° | 6 km/h, gusts 19 | dry | Falling (-2.2 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Sepa Lake
- Tubbs Lake 7 km away
- Simon Lake 8 km away
- Larsen Lake 8 km away
- Chub Lake 9 km away
- Big Lake 10 km away
All 328 lakes in the Cariboo, with today's conditions on each.