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Issued 04:00 PM PDT 19 August 2026

Tonight and Thursday.

Wind southerly inflow 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light late this evening then becoming northerly outflow 5 to 10 after midnight. Wind becoming light Thursday morning then increasing to southerly inflow 10 to 20 near noon Thursday. Wind diminishing to light Thursday evening.

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Issued 04:00 PM PDT 19 August 2026
Friday Wind northerly outflow 10 knots increasing to southerly inflow 10 to 20 in the afternoon.
Saturday Wind northerly outflow 5 to 10 knots increasing to southerly inflow 15 to 25.
Sunday Wind southerly inflow 15 to 20 knots becoming southerly inflow 15 to 25.

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Map of Pacific - Georgia Basin marine weather areas Discovery Island La Perouse Bank - 46206 Georgia Strait - 46303 Sentry Shoal - 46131 Halibut Bank - 46146 English Bay – 46304 Powell River Airport Entrance Island Fanny Island Vancouver Int'l Airport Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Sand Heads Lightstation Point Atkinson Squamish Airport Sechelt Comox Airport Howe Sound - Pam Rocks Grief Point Tofino Airport Port Alberni Estevan Point Sisters Islets Nanaimo Airport Saturna Island West Vancouver Esquimalt Harbour Kelp Reefs Race Rocks Lightstation Sheringham Point University of Victoria Victoria Gonzales Victoria Int'l Airport Vancouver Harbour Ballenas Islands Campbell River Airport
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Issued 4:00 PM PDT 19 August 2026 Tonight and Thursday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located on a line
northeast-southwest over southern Bowie.

At 4:00 p.m. PDT today dissipating trough located over northern
Haida Gwaii.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:47 PM PDT 19 August 2026 Gale force northwesterlies are persisting over west coast Vancouver
Island ahead of a ridge of high pressure. The winds will gradually
ease overnight, with gale force northwesterlies redeveloping late
Thursday.

Pacific - Georgia Basin Area

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