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Marine Forecasts for the Pacific waters


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FQCN13 CWVR 081730
Marine forecasts for Pacific waters issued by Environment Canada at
10:30 a.m. PDT Sunday 8 March 2026 for today tonight and Monday.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 4:00 p.m. PDT.

Fog implies visibility less than 1 mile.

Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 early
 this afternoon except southwest 20 near Qualicum Beach early this
 evening. Wind becoming westerly 15 to 25 early this evening then
 diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 late overnight. Wind becoming light
 early Monday morning then becoming variable 5 to 15 near noon Monday
 except southwest 20 near Qualicum Beach. Showers this afternoon
 tonight and Monday late in the day.

Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo.
Wind northwest 20 to 25 knots diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 late
 this afternoon then increasing to westerly 20 to 30 early this
 evening. Wind diminishing to southwest 10 to 15 late overnight. Wind
 southwest 10 to 15 Monday. Showers tonight and Monday.

Howe Sound.
Wind southerly inflow 15 to 25 knots becoming southerly inflow 10 to
 20 early this evening then diminishing to light late this evening.
 Wind increasing to southerly inflow 10 to 20 Monday morning then
 diminishing to light Monday evening. Showers tonight and Monday.

Haro Strait.
Wind southwest 20 knots except southwest 30 over southern sections.
 Wind diminishing to southwest 15 Monday morning except southwest 20
 over southern sections Monday afternoon and evening. Showers tonight
 and Monday.

Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait
Juan de Fuca Strait - east entrance.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind west 25 to 35 knots diminishing to west 15 to 25 early Monday
 morning then becoming west 20 to 30 Monday afternoon. Showers
 tonight and Monday.

Juan de Fuca Strait - west entrance.
Wind northwest 15 to 25 knots becoming westerly 15 Monday morning.
 Showers tonight and Monday.

Johnstone Strait.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots increasing to northwest 25 late this
 afternoon then diminishing to northwest 10 to 20 this evening. Wind
 becoming southeast 10 to 20 after midnight then diminishing to light
 early Monday morning. Wind increasing to southeast 10 to 20 Monday
 afternoon. Showers.

Queen Charlotte Strait.
Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots backing to southwest 10 to 20 Monday
 afternoon. Showers.

West Coast Vancouver Island North.
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots with gusts to 35 ending near midnight.
 Wind backing to southwest 20 to 30 Monday evening. Showers.

West Coast Vancouver Island South.
Wind northwest 20 to 30 knots today and tonight. Wind northwest 15 to
 25 Monday. Showers.

Queen Charlotte Sound - eastern half.
Wind west 25 knots increasing to west 30 after midnight. Wind
 westerly 20 to 30 Monday. Showers or flurries. Visibility 1 mile or
 less in precipitation.

Queen Charlotte Sound - western half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwesterly 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 20 to 30 after
 midnight then backing to southwest 20 to 30 Monday afternoon.
 Showers or flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation.

Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island.
Wind westerly 15 to 25 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 early Monday
 morning then backing to southwesterly 15 to 25 Monday evening.
 Showers becoming flurries or showers this evening then showers
 Monday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation.

Hecate Strait.
Wind west 15 to 25 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 after midnight
 then increasing to southwest 20 to 30 Monday afternoon. Showers
 becoming flurries or showers this afternoon and ending Monday
 morning. Showers or flurries Monday evening. Visibility 1 mile or
 less in precipitation.

Dixon Entrance East.
Wind westerly 15 to 25 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 after
 midnight then backing to southwest 15 to 25 early Monday morning.
 Flurries or showers. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation.

Dixon Entrance West - west of Langara
West Coast Haida Gwaii - northern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind westerly 25 to 35 knots becoming westerly 20 to 30 after
 midnight. Wind westerly 20 to 30 Monday. Flurries. Visibility 1 mile
 or less in flurries.

Dixon Entrance West - east of Langara.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind westerly 25 to 35 knots diminishing to westerly 15 to 25 after
 midnight then backing to southwesterly 10 to 20 Monday afternoon.
 Flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.

West Coast Haida Gwaii - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind west 25 to 35 knots becoming westerly 20 to 30 Monday evening.
 Flurries or showers becoming showers Monday morning. Visibility 1
 mile or less in precipitation.

Douglas Channel.
Wind southwesterly inflow 15 to 25 knots diminishing to light late
 this evening then increasing to southwesterly inflow 10 to 20 Monday
 morning. Flurries changing to showers Monday afternoon then to
 flurries Monday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.
 Temperatures near minus 1.

Bowie - northern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind west 35 knots with gusts to 45 becoming west 25 to 35 Monday
 morning. Flurries. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.

Bowie - southern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind west 25 to 35 knots with gusts to 45 today tonight and Monday.
 Flurries or showers becoming showers Monday morning then flurries
 Monday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation.

Explorer - northwestern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots today tonight and Monday. Showers.

Explorer - southeastern half.
Gale warning in effect.
Wind northwest 20 knots increasing to northwest 25 to 35 near
 midnight then becoming west 20 to 30 Monday evening. Showers ending
 Monday afternoon.

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