If you are new to anchoring in a small boat: low wind, low current, proper system to allow breakaway from the ball, bruce anchor, but like most boating adventures, it is all about the practicing in lower risk environments until you have the skill and confidence to take on more risk. When learning to anchor, study the charts and learn in the flatter/sandier areas away from pinnacles and snag-happy rocks. Use a "bruce/claw" style anchor with a the chain attached to the end by the claw and zip tied to the small end of the anchor. If the claw gets stuck in the rocks, the zip ties break and you can retrieve your anchor and run from bad weather quickly. If you have a low horsepower engine, consider swapping the propeller to a lower pitch on anchor pulling days, like you would for pulling a tube. It will give you more torque for pulling anchor. For learning anchoring around Victoria, try the sand flats between Race rocks and Albert Head, off the Victoria Waterfront-outside the shipping lanes, or Haro Strait avoiding the shipping lanes, pinnacles and RCA's. Problems happen quickly when the tide starts to change, the wind is blowing opposite, and the standing waves erupt around you as you are trying to dislodge and anchor set up with insufficient horsepower.
