Hecate Strait
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 15 September 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots today tonight and Wednesday.
Scattered showers Wednesday afternoon and evening. Fog patches dissipating near noon.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 15 September 2026
Hecate Strait - northern half
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 metre.
Hecate Strait - southern half
Today Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 early this evening then
subsiding to 1 Wednesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 15 September 2026
Thursday
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming
northwesterly 15 in the morning then becoming variable 10 to 15 late in the
day.
Friday
Wind south 15 to 20 knots increasing to south
25 to 35 late in the day.
Saturday
Wind south 25 to 35 knots diminishing to
southwest 15 to 25.
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Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:30 AM PDT 15 September 2026 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 10:30 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located west ofthe offshore waters.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie
- Byam
- Camsell Bend mile 290 to Tulita mile 512
- Coronation
- Dease
- Dixon Entrance East
- Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara
- Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
- Dolphin
- Fort Good Hope mile 684 to Point Separation mile 913
- Great Slave Lake - basin
- Great Slave Lake - east arm
- Great Slave Lake - north arm
- Hecate Strait
- Lake Athabasca - eastern half
- Lake Athabasca - western half
- Larsen
- Mackenzie
- Maud
- McClintock
- McClure
- Melville
- North Mackenzie
- North Tuktoyaktuk
- Point Separation mile 913 to Kittigazuit Bay mile 1081
- Prince Alfred
- Prince of Wales
- Rae
- Tuktoyaktuk - northern half
- Tuktoyaktuk - southern half
- Tulita mile 512 to Fort Good Hope mile 684
- Ulukhaktok
- West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half
- Wrigley Harbour mile 0 to Axe Point mile 91
- Yukon Coast
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