Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 06 October 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind light becoming southeast 10 knots Wednesday morning then becoming light Wednesday evening.
Periods of drizzle ending this morning. Fog patches dissipating this afternoon. Fog patches forming this evening and dissipating Wednesday morning. Fog patches reforming Wednesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 06 October 2026
Thursday
Wind east 5 to 15 knots becoming light in the
afternoon.
Friday
Wind west 10 to 15 knots increasing to west 15
to 25.
Saturday
Wind west 15 to 25 knots diminishing to
northeast 10 late in the day.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 6 October 2026 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today weakening trough located from the CentralCoast to Vancouver Island.
By 10:30 a.m. PDT today dissipating trough located from the Central
Coast to Vancouver Island.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located from Vancouver
Island to Explorer.
At 8:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday low located over southern Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PDT Wednesday low located over northern Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:54 AM PDT 6 October 2026 A low pressure system will track from Bowie across the northernwaters into the Alaska Panhandle through Wednesday. Ahead of the low,
southeasterly marginal gale force winds will develop. Winds will
diminish after midnight as the low departs.
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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