West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 14 April 2026
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 Wednesday evening.
Showers ending overnight with a risk of thunderstorms.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 14 April 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:37 PM PDT 14 April 2026
Thursday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots.
Friday
Wind light increasing to southerly 15 to 25
knots.
Saturday
Wind southeast 30 to 40 knots diminishing to
southeast 15 to 25 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 14 April 2026 Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today cold front located on a linenortheast-southwest over southern Vancouver Island.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight departing cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over the Lower Mainland.
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 ridge located over Pacific Ocean.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT Wednesday high 1030 mb located west of Explorer.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:50 PM PDT 14 April 2026 The cold front in continuing to track through southern watersbringing a brief period of marginal northwesterly gales into tonight
over West Coast Vancouver Island South, Johnstone Strait, and Juan de
Fuca Strait.
Northwesterly gales are expected over the offshore waters into
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 can be expected Wednesday
afternoon and evening over West Coast Vancouver Island South.
Additionally, the cold front is bringing the risk of thunderstorms to
portions of the southern waters into this 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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