Explorer - northwestern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 17 June 2025
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots veering to southwest 15 to 20 late this morning then to west 20 overnight. Wind west 20 Wednesday.
Showers.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 17 June 2025
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 late
overnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 17 June 2025
Thursday
Wind southwest 15 to 25 knots diminishing to
southwest 5 to 15 in the afternoon.
Friday
Wind light increasing to northerly 20 to 30
knots late in the day.
Saturday
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 17 June 2025 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary trough located over QueenCharlotte Sound extending southward.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary low 1002 mb located west
of Bowie.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today trough from low located on a line
northwest-southeast over Bowie.
By 5:00 p.m. PDT today weakening trough from low located from
Bowie to Haida Gwaii then to Queen Charlotte Sound.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:29 PM PDT 16 June 2025 A quasi-stationary trough of low pressure will maintain a marginalgale force southerly wind near the headlands of Vancouver Island
tonight through early Tuesday afternoon.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie - southern half
- Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island
- Explorer - northwestern half
- Explorer - southeastern half
- Haro Strait
- Hecate Strait
- Howe Sound
- Johnstone Strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance
- Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
- Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
- Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
- Queen Charlotte Strait
- Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
- Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half
- West Coast Vancouver Island North
- West Coast Vancouver Island South
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