FQCN13 CWVR 112302
MARINE FORECASTS FOR PACIFIC WATERS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
4:00 P.M. PDT WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 9:30 P.M. PDT.

FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA - NORTH OF NANAIMO.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 EARLY
 THIS EVENING EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 30 NEAR QUALICUM BEACH. WIND
 DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 30
 NEAR QUALICUM BEACH. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 5 TO 15 NEAR NOON THURSDAY
 EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 NEAR QUALICUM BEACH. WIND BECOMING LIGHT
 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. SHOWERS THURSDAY LATE
 IN THE DAY.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTH OF NANAIMO.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 EARLY
 THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 55 SOUTH OF TSAWWASSEN. WIND BECOMING
 WEST 30 TO 40 LATE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 25
 AFTER MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 30 SOUTH OF TSAWWASSEN THURSDAY
 MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 NEAR NOON THURSDAY THEN
 BACKING TO SOUTHERLY 5 TO 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN ENDING AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN THURSDAY LATE IN THE DAY. FOG PATCHES
 DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING.

HOWE SOUND.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHERLY INFLOW 20 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS
 EVENING EXCEPT WEST 35 NEAR THE MOUTH OF HOWE SOUND NEAR MIDNIGHT.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHERLY INFLOW 10 TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THURSDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHERLY
 INFLOW 5 TO 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN.

HARO STRAIT.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 EARLY THIS
 EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 50 ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO
 SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 15
 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
 THURSDAY EVENING.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - CENTRAL STRAIT
JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EAST ENTRANCE.
STORM WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WEST 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO WEST 45 TO 55 EARLY THIS EVENING
 THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 35 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST
 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND TO VARIABLE 5 TO 15 THURSDAY EVENING.
 SHOWERS ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN THURSDAY EVENING.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - WEST ENTRANCE.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHWEST 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WEST 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
 AND TO VARIABLE 5 TO 15 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS.

JOHNSTONE STRAIT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.
 TEMPERATURES NEAR PLUS 2.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS
 OR FLURRIES.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WESTERLY 30 TO 40 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WEST 25 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING THEN VEERING TO NORTHERLY 25 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND
 MIST. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN MIST.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SOUTH.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WESTERLY 30 TO 40 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY 20 TO 30 EARLY
 THURSDAY MORNING AND TO SOUTHWESTERLY 10 TO 20 THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
 SHOWERS.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - EASTERN HALF.
WIND VARIABLE 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO WESTERLY 20 TO 30 LATE OVERNIGHT
 THEN VEERING TO NORTH 25 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - WESTERN HALF.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHWESTERLY 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO WESTERLY 30 TO 40
 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY 20 TO 30 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING. SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.

CENTRAL COAST FROM MCINNES ISLAND TO PINE ISLAND.
WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 5 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND
 INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO
 SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 THURSDAY MORNING. FLURRIES AND MIST. VISIBILITY
 AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN MIST.

HECATE STRAIT - NORTHERN HALF
DIXON ENTRANCE EAST.
WIND VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO WESTERLY 20 EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY 5 TO 15 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
 INCREASING TO WESTERLY 20 NEAR NOON THURSDAY THEN BECOMING WEST 10
 TO 20 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS OR SCATTERED FLURRIES.

HECATE STRAIT - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 20 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHERLY 15 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS OR
 FLURRIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DIXON ENTRANCE WEST.
WIND WESTERLY 10 TO 20 KNOTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. FLURRIES OR
 SHOWERS.

WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - NORTHERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 LATE
 OVERNIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 THURSDAY MORNING. WIND INCREASING
 TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR
 SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SHOWERS THURSDAY.

WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO WESTERLY 20 TO 30 LATE THIS
 EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 TO 20 THURSDAY MORNING. WIND
 INCREASING TO NORTHERLY 20 TO 30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS OR
 FLURRIES.

DOUGLAS CHANNEL.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 10 TO 15 KNOTS EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND LIGHT
 THURSDAY. FLURRIES OR SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
 FLURRIES THURSDAY LATE IN THE DAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING.
 LOW TONIGHT MINUS 2. HIGH THURSDAY PLUS 3.

BOWIE - NORTHERN HALF.
WIND VARIABLE 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
 WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 TO 20 THURSDAY EVENING. FLURRIES
 BECOMING SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THURSDAY MORNING.

BOWIE - SOUTHERN HALF.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WEST 30 TO 40 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 25 THURSDAY MORNING
 AND TO NORTHWEST 15 THURSDAY EVENING. FLURRIES OR SHOWERS BECOMING
 SHOWERS THURSDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN
 PRECIPITATION.

EXPLORER - NORTHWESTERN HALF.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WEST 35 TO 45 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WEST 30 LATE THIS EVENING
 THEN BECOMING WEST 25 TO 35 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING
 NORTHWEST 25 THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO
 15 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.

EXPLORER - SOUTHEASTERN HALF.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND WEST 30 TO 40 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 TO 25 EARLY THURSDAY
 MORNING THEN VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 THURSDAY EVENING.
 SCATTERED SHOWERS CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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