Hecate Strait - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 July 2025
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 25 early this morning and to northwest 25 to 35 Tuesday evening.
Fog patches dissipating late this morning.
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 July 2025
Today Tonight and Tuesday.
Seas 1 metre or less building to 2 Tuesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PDT 14 July 2025
Wednesday
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots.
Thursday
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots.
Friday
Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to west
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Warnings
Warnings (In effect)
Gale warning in effect
Hecate Strait - northern half
Issued 06:15 AM PDT 14 July 2025'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 7:55 AM PDT 14 July 2025 Today At 8:00 a.m. PDT today quasi-stationary ridge located west of Bowie.Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:45 AM PDT 14 July 2025 A ridge of high pressure offshore will remain quasistationary untilWednesday. This will is generating strong to gale force
northwesterlies west of Vancouver Island and into the inner South
Coast waters.
Winds will diminish through the inner South Coast through
Today starting in Juan de Fuca Strait and progressing northward to
Johnstone Strait.
Northwesterly gales will continue west of Vancouver Island and
develop over Explorer during the day on Monday and continue onto
Tuesday. By Tuesday evening these gales will also extend to Hecate
Strait and the west side of Haida Gwaii.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
- Banks
- Bathurst
- Bowie - northern half
- 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 - northern half
- Lake Athabasca
- 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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