Douglas Channel
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 25 April 2025
Tonight and Saturday.
Wind southwesterly inflow 10 to 20 knots becoming northeasterly outflow 5 to 15 near midnight then becoming southwesterly inflow 10 to 20 near noon Saturday.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 25 April 2025
Sunday
Wind light increasing to southwesterly inflow
10 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
Monday
Wind southwesterly inflow 5 to 15 knots
increasing to southwesterly inflow 15 to 25 late in the day.
Tuesday
Wind southwesterly inflow 10 to 20
knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 25 April 2025 Tonight and Saturday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today ridge located over southern Bowie.By 4:00 p.m. PDT Saturday ridge located south of Bowie.
At 10:00 p.m. PDT tonight frontal system located over northern
Bowie.
By 10:00 a.m. PDT Saturday weakening frontal system located off
Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:38 PM PDT 25 April 2025 Ahead of a building ridge of high pressure, gale forcenorthwesterlies are developing over west coast Vancouver Island this
afternoon and will persist through Saturday.
Pacific - South Coast Area
- Bowie - southern half
- Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island
- Explorer - northwestern half
- Explorer - southeastern half
- Haro Strait
- Hecate Strait - southern half
- Howe Sound
- Johnstone Strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
- Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance
- Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
- Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half
- Queen Charlotte Sound - western half
- Queen Charlotte Strait
- Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
- Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half
- West Coast Vancouver Island North
- West Coast Vancouver Island South
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