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Marine Forecast

Issued 04:00 AM PST 13 January 2025

Today Tonight and Tuesday.

Wind light becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots early this evening except southeast 5 to 15 near Vancouver Island. Wind southwest 10 to 15 except southeast 5 to 15 near Vancouver Island Tuesday.

Drizzle tonight and Tuesday. Fog banks dissipating Tuesday morning.

Waves

Issued 04:00 AM PST 13 January 2025
Today Tonight and Tuesday. Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 4 near midnight then subsiding to 2 to 3 Tuesday evening.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 AM PST 13 January 2025
Wednesday Wind southeast 10 to 20 knots veering to southwest 10 to 20 late in the day.
Thursday Wind northwest 30 knots.
Friday Wind northwest 30 knots diminishing to northeast 15.

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Map of Pacific - South Coast marine weather areas South Nomad - 46036 Sentry Shoal - 46131 South Brooks - 46132 Halibut Bank - 46146 South Moresby - 46147 South Hecate Strait - 46185 West Sea Otter - 46204 La Perouse Bank - 46206 East Dellwood - 46207 Georgia Strait - 46303 English Bay – 46304 Discovery Island Esquimalt Harbour Kelp Reefs Malahat Race Rocks Lightstation Saturna Island Sheringham Point University of Victoria Victoria Gonzales Victoria Int'l Airport Ballenas Islands Campbell River Airport Comox Airport Entrance Island Fanny Island Nanaimo Airport Port Hardy Airport Sisters Islets Estevan Point Port Alberni Sartine Island Solander Island Tofino Airport Grief Point Howe Sound - Pam Rocks Powell River Airport Sechelt Squamish Airport Cape St.James Bella Bella Airport Bella Coola Airport Cathedral Point Herbert Island Point Atkinson Sand Heads Lightstation Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Vancouver Int'l Airport Vancouver Harbour West Vancouver
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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 4:00 AM PST 13 January 2025 Today Tonight and Tuesday At 4:00 a.m. PST today weakening cold front located over Hecate
Strait.

At 10:00 a.m. PST today frontal system located over Bowie.
By 9:30 p.m. PST tonight frontal system located over Haida Gwaii.

At 4:00 a.m. PST Tuesday cold front located over Sandspit extending
southwestward.
By 10:00 a.m. PST Tuesday quasi-stationary cold front located over
McInnes Island extending southwestward.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:48 AM PST 13 January 2025 A frontal system will approach Bowie this morning and move onto the
North Coast tonight. Southerly gales will develop over Bowie this
morning and spread across the northern waters in the afternoon.
Southwest gales are expected across north and central waters tonight
as the frontal system moves inland.

A trailing cold front will stall over the Central Coast on Tuesday.
Southerly gales will continue through Tuesday over the Central Coast.

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