Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
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Marine Forecast
Issued 09:30 PM PDT 12 April 2026
Tonight and Monday.
Wind variable 10 knots increasing to northwest 10 to 15 near midnight except southwest 15 south of Tsawwassen. Wind becoming east 10 late Monday morning except south 15 south of Tsawwassen. Wind becoming southwest 10 to 20 early Monday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 12 April 2026
Tuesday
Wind southwest 10 to 20 knots backing to
southeast 15 to 25 in the morning then diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 late in
the day.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 5 to 15 knots increasing to
northwest 15 to 25.
Thursday
Wind northwest 20 knots.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 9:30 PM PDT 12 April 2026 Tonight and Monday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight ridge from high located on a linenortheast-southwest over central Haida Gwaii.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Monday weakening ridge from high located on a
line north-south over the Central Coast.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT Monday cold front located on a line east-west
over northern Haida Gwaii.
By midnight PDT Monday cold front located on a line
northeast-southwest over southern Hecate Strait.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:11 PM PDT 12 April 2026 A ridge axis over Northern Haida Gwaii is slowly moving southTonight and Monday. Northwesterly winds off the west coast Vancouver
Island will strengthen to marginal gale force wind late this evening
and then ease overnight.
Marginal southwest gales will develop over central waters late Monday
evening ahead of a cold front.
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