Queen Charlotte Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 08 July 2025
Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind northwest 5 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 20 near noon Wednesday.
Scattered showers this evening. Fog patches forming after midnight and dissipating Wednesday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 08 July 2025
Thursday
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots diminishing to
light in the morning then becoming northwest 15 late in the day.
Friday
Wind southeast 10 knots becoming
light.
Saturday
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 8 July 2025 Tonight and Wednesday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight frontal system located on a linenortheast-southwest over central Vancouver Island.
By 4:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday weakening frontal system located on a
line northeast-southwest over southern Vancouver Island.
At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight building ridge located over the offshore
waters.
By 5:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday ridge located on a line north-south
over Haida Gwaii.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:25 PM PDT 8 July 2025 A ridge of high pressure will rebuild offshore tonight intoWednesday. Westerly winds through central and eastern
Sections of Juan de Fuca Strait will rise to marginal gales
Late Wednesday as the ridge strengthens.
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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