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Hecate Strait - northern half

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Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026

Today Tonight and Sunday.

Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest 10 to 20 near noon then becoming northwest 15 to 25 near noon Sunday.

Waves

Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026
Today Tonight and Sunday. Seas 1 to 2 metres except 1 or less over northern sections. Seas subsiding to 1 or less near noon.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 AM PDT 11 April 2026
Monday Wind west 10 to 20 knots backing to southwest 15 to 25 late in the day.
Tuesday Wind southwest 20 to 30 knots diminishing to northwest 10 to 20.
Wednesday Wind north 10 knots increasing to northwest 15 late in the day.

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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 9:30 PM PDT 10 April 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 9:30 p.m. PDT tonight quasi-stationary ridge from high located
on a line northeast-southwest over the Alaska panhandle.

At 4:00 a.m. PDT Saturday trough located over the Central Coast
to the Washington Coast.
By midnight PDT Saturday trough located from the Central Coast to
BC interior.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:31 AM PDT 11 April 2026 A ridge axis will remain quasi-stationary over Alaska Panhandle
before shifting southeastward Sunday. Northwesterly wind over west
coast Vancouver Island will strengthen to marginal gale force wind
late Sunday evening.

Westerly winds through Central and Eastern Juan de Fuca Strait may
also have a possibility to approach gale force Sunday evening through
early Monday morning.

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