Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 15 May 2026
Tonight and Saturday.
Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light late Saturday morning.
Scattered showers overnight and Saturday morning.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 15 May 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 2 to 3 metres subsiding to 2 Saturday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 15 May 2026
Sunday
Wind south 10 to 20 knots increasing to
southerly 20 to 30 in the morning.
Monday
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 5 to 15 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 15 May 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today trough located on a line north-south overwestern Vancouver Island.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday trough located south of Vancouver Island.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight ridge located west of the offshore waters.
By 10:30 a.m. PDT Saturday ridge located on a line north-south
over Bowie.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT Saturday approaching frontal system located west
of Bowie.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:44 PM PDT 15 May 2026 A trough is over the southern waters. This will continue to generatenorthwesterly gale force winds in Explorer this evening. Winds will
ease overnight as the trough moves south.
In addition, this trough will create conditions favourable for the
development of waterspouts across the Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound
and west coast Vancouver Island from this afternoon to Saturday
morning.
A transient ridge of high pressure builds over the offshore waters on
Saturday. As the ridge moves closer to the coast, gale force
westerlies will develop through Juan de Fuca Strait Saturday
afternoon. These winds will ease to strong westerlies Saturday
overnight.
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