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Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance

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Issued 10:30 AM PDT 19 August 2026

Today Tonight and Thursday.

Wind west 5 to 15 knots increasing to west 15 to 20 early this evening then diminishing to west 5 to 10 near midnight. Wind increasing to west 10 to 15 Thursday evening.

Fog banks forming overnight and dissipating Thursday morning.

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Issued 04:00 AM PDT 19 August 2026
Friday Wind light increasing to west 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon.
Saturday Wind west 15 to 20 knots.
Sunday Wind west 10 to 20 knots.

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Map of Pacific - Georgia Basin marine weather areas Discovery Island La Perouse Bank - 46206 Georgia Strait - 46303 Sentry Shoal - 46131 Halibut Bank - 46146 English Bay – 46304 Powell River Airport Entrance Island Fanny Island Vancouver Int'l Airport Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Sand Heads Lightstation Point Atkinson Squamish Airport Sechelt Comox Airport Howe Sound - Pam Rocks Grief Point Tofino Airport Port Alberni Estevan Point Sisters Islets Nanaimo Airport Saturna Island West Vancouver Esquimalt Harbour Kelp Reefs Race Rocks Lightstation Sheringham Point University of Victoria Victoria Gonzales Victoria Int'l Airport Vancouver Harbour Ballenas Islands Campbell River Airport
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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 10:30 AM PDT 19 August 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday At 10:30 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located on a line
northeast-southwest over southern Bowie.

At 10:30 a.m. PDT today trough located over northern Bowie.
By 4:30 p.m. PDT today dissipating trough located over northern
Haida Gwaii.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 10:25 AM PDT 19 August 2026 Ahead of a ridge of high pressure, gale force northwesterlies will
develop this afternoon over west coast Vancouver Island, then
Ease overnight. The gale force northwesterlies will redevelop late
Thursday.

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