Hecate Strait - northern half
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 12 July 2025
Tonight and Sunday.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind south 25 to 35 knots diminishing to south 15 to 25 early this evening and to southwest 10 to 15 near midnight. Wind becoming variable 5 to 15 near noon Sunday.
Rain changing to scattered showers after midnight. Visibility 1 mile or less in rain.
Waves
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 12 July 2025
Today Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 near midnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 PM PDT 12 July 2025
Monday
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to
northwest 15 to 25 in the morning.
Tuesday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots.
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Warnings
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Gale warning in effect
Hecate Strait - northern half
Issued 4:00 PM PDT 12 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 4:00 PM PDT 12 July 2025 Tonight and Sunday At 4:00 p.m. PDT today ridge located from the North Coast toExplorer.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Sunday ridge located from the Central Coast
to Explorer.
At 4:00 p.m. PDT today weakening frontal system located over
Haida Gwaii.
By 4:00 p.m. PDT Sunday dissipating trough located on a line
northeast-southwest over the northern North Coast.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 3:58 PM PDT 12 July 2025 A frontal system is over Haida Gwaii and marginal southerly galeshave developed through Northern Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance
East. The gales will dissipate this evening.
A ridge of high pressure will strengthen again on Sunday, generating
northwesterly gales over West Vancouver Island and westerly gales
over Central and Eastern Juan de Fuca Strait in the afternoon.
Mackenzie - Mackenzie River Area
- Amundsen
- Axe Point mile 91 to Camsell Bend mile 290
- Baillie
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- 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
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