Language selection

Weather shortcuts

Marine Forecasts for the Pacific waters


* NOTE: Corrected and/or amended bulletins are listed first *

 
FQCN13 CWVR 100430
Marine forecasts for Pacific waters issued by Environment Canada at
9:30 p.m. PDT Friday 9 October 2026 for tonight and Saturday.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday.

Fog implies visibility less than 1 mile.

Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 20 to 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 near
 midnight and to northwest 10 to 15 Saturday morning. Wind increasing
 to northwest 15 to 20 Saturday afternoon then diminishing to
 northwest 5 to 15 Saturday evening.

Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest 10 to 20 after
 midnight then diminishing to light late overnight except northwest
 10 to 15 near Vancouver Island. Wind becoming northwest 15 to 20
 near noon Saturday then diminishing to northerly 10 to 15 Saturday
 evening. Showers overnight and Saturday morning.

Howe Sound.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind light increasing to northerly outflow 5 to 15 knots late
 overnight and to northerly outflow 15 to 25 early Saturday evening.
 Showers ending Saturday morning.

Haro Strait.
Wind southwest 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light near midnight then
 increasing to northerly 10 to 15 Saturday morning. Wind increasing
 to northerly 15 to 20 Saturday evening. Showers ending near noon
 Saturday.

Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance.
Wind west 15 to 20 knots diminishing to light near midnight then
 becoming northerly 10 to 15 Saturday evening. Showers ending
 Saturday morning.

Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait.
Wind west 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light near midnight then
 becoming easterly 10 early Saturday morning. Wind becoming light
 early Saturday evening.

Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance.
Wind west 10 to 20 knots becoming variable 5 to 15 near midnight then
 becoming easterly 10 early Saturday morning. Wind becoming light
 near noon Saturday.

Johnstone Strait.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest 10 to 20 late
 overnight then increasing to northwest 20 to 25 early Saturday
 afternoon. Wind diminishing to easterly 5 to 15 Saturday evening
 except northeast 25 near the mainland inlets.

Queen Charlotte Strait.
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots diminishing to easterly 5 to 15 late
 overnight except northeast 15 to 25 near the mainland inlets. Wind
 easterly 5 to 15 except northeast 15 to 25 near the mainland inlets
 Saturday.

West Coast Vancouver Island North.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northeast 20 to 30 early
 Saturday morning except north 10 to 20 south of the Brooks
 Peninsula. Wind becoming north 10 to 20 Saturday evening.

West Coast Vancouver Island South.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 20 to 30 late
 overnight except northeast 5 to 15 near the coast south of Tofino.
 Wind diminishing to northeast 5 to 15 Saturday morning then becoming
 variable 5 to 15 near noon Saturday. Wind becoming northwest 5 to 15
 early Saturday evening.

Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots veering to northeast 20 to 30 late
 overnight then becoming northeast 25 to 35 early Saturday morning.
 Wind becoming northeast 20 to 30 late Saturday morning.

Queen Charlotte Sound - western half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northeast 20 to 30 late
 overnight. Wind northeast 20 to 30 Saturday.

Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots increasing to northeast 25 to 35 early
 Saturday morning then diminishing to north 15 to 25 near noon
 Saturday. Wind becoming north 10 to 20 early Saturday evening except
 northeasterly outflow 35 near the mainland inlets.

Hecate Strait - northern half.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots veering to northeast 10 to 20 late
 overnight. Wind northeasterly 10 to 20 Saturday.

Hecate Strait - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to northeast 15 to 25 near
 midnight then backing to northerly 10 to 20 early Saturday evening.

Dixon Entrance East.
Wind northeast 15 to 25 knots becoming northeast 10 to 20 late
 overnight except northeasterly outflow 20 to 30 near Portland Inlet
 overnight and Saturday.

Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to north 15 to 25 late this
 evening then becoming northerly 10 to 20 after midnight. Wind
 diminishing to light Saturday evening.

Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara.
Wind northerly 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light Saturday evening.

West Coast Haida Gwaii.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northerly 25 late this evening
 then veering to northeast 15 to 20 Saturday morning. Wind backing to
 northerly 10 to 15 Saturday afternoon.

Douglas Channel.
Wind northeasterly outflow 10 to 20 knots increasing to northeasterly
 outflow 20 to 30 late overnight. Wind northeasterly outflow 20 to 30
 Saturday.

Bowie - northern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots diminishing to north 20 late overnight
 and to north 5 to 15 Saturday morning. Wind becoming variable 5 to
 15 Saturday afternoon.

Bowie - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming north 25 early Saturday
 morning then diminishing to north 10 to 20 near noon Saturday. Wind
 becoming variable 5 to 15 Saturday evening. Showers this evening.

Explorer - northwestern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northeast 20 to 30 Saturday
 morning. Showers ending Saturday morning.

Explorer - southeastern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northerly 20 to 30 Saturday
 afternoon except north 10 to 20 over eastern sections. Showers
 ending Saturday morning.

End
$$$$^^
Date modified: