West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 14 April 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots increasing to northwest 20 to 30 late this afternoon then diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 Wednesday evening.
Showers ending overnight. Risk of thunderstorms this evening.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 April 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 April 2026
Thursday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots diminishing to
light late in the day.
Friday
Wind light increasing to southerly 15 to 25
knots.
Saturday
Wind southeast 20 to 30 knots increasing to
southeast 30 to 40.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 14 April 2026 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 10:30 a.m. PDT today cold front located on a linenortheast-southwest over northern Vancouver Island.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT today cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over the southern Strait of Georgia.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today trough located over Haida Gwaii.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday departing trough located over southern
Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday approaching ridge located over Pacific
Ocean.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 10:24 AM PDT 14 April 2026 The cold front will continue to move through southern waters today.This will give a brief period of marginal northwesterly gales between
late afternoon and tonight over West Coast Vancouver Island South,
Johnstone Strait, and Juan de Fuca Strait.
Northwesterly gales are expected over the offshore waters today and
Wednesday as a ridge of high pressure strengthens over the Pacific
Ocean.
As the ridge of high pressure approaches the British Columbia Coast
on Wednesday, northwesterly gales will likely occur again on
Wednesday afternoon and evening over Johnstone Strait and West Coast
Vancouver Island South.
Additionally, the cold front is bringing the risk of thunderstorms to
portions of the southern waters this afternoon and evening. A trough
behind the cold front, will bring a risk of thunderstorms to the
central and northern waters tonight, and a risk of thunderstorms to
the southern waters Wednesday morning and afternoon.
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