Hecate Strait - southern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Tonight and Friday.
Wind southwest 20 knots diminishing to southwest 15 Friday morning.
Showers. Risk of thunderstorms Friday. Visibility as low as 1 mile in showers.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Today Tonight and Friday.
Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 this evening and to 1 to 2
near noon Friday.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 20 March 2025
Saturday
Wind southerly 10 to 20 knots increasing to
southeast 35 in the afternoon and to south 40 to 50 late in the day.
Sunday
Wind south 30 to 40 knots diminishing to
southwest 10 to 20.
Monday
Wind northwest 10 knots increasing to southeast
15 late in the day.
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Warnings
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 20 March 2025 Tonight and Friday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight departing frontal system located overthe Strait of Georgia.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT Friday building ridge located over Explorer.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday deepening trough located over the
offshore waters.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:18 PM PDT 20 March 2025 A frontal system will cross the South Coast tonight. Southeast galeswill continue over the Strait of Georgia until late this evening,
then shift to moderate to strong westerlies near midnight in the wake
of the front.
Generally westerly flow will prevail over the BC waters as a ridge
builds into the region from the west. Marginal westerly gales are
possible over the offshore waters tonight and Friday morning.
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