Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 20 May 2026
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Wind light becoming west 15 knots this afternoon then diminishing to light this evening. Wind becoming west 15 Thursday afternoon.
Fog patches dissipating this morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 20 May 2026
Friday
Wind light increasing to west 15 to 20 knots in
the afternoon and to west 20 to 30 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind west 10 to 20 knots increasing to west
20 to 30 late in the day.
Sunday
Wind west 15 to 25 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 4:00 AM PDT 20 May 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday At 4:00 a.m. PDT today ridge located on a line northeast-southwestover Haida Gwaii.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Thursday weakening ridge located from Explorer
to the Central Coast.
At 4:00 a.m. PDT today frontal system located west of the offshore
waters.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT today weakening frontal system located on a line
northeast-southwest over Bowie.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today trough located west of Bowie.
By 10:30 a.m. PDT Thursday weakening trough located on a line
northeast-southwest over Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:41 AM PDT 20 May 2026 Ahead of a ridge of high pressure, northwesterly gales over JohnstoneStrait and West Vancouver Island will develop this afternoon and then
ease overnight. Winds will redevelop late Thursday afternoon.
A frontal system tracking across Bowie today will give southerly
gales to Northern Bowie this morning and then ease in the afternoon.
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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