FQCN13 CWVR 121728 MARINE FORECASTS FOR PACIFIC WATERS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:30 A.M. PDT THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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 LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 NEAR NOON FRIDAY AND TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING. STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTH OF NANAIMO. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 KNOTS LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY. HOWE SOUND. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 5 TO 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON EXCEPT SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 20 TO 25 OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND BECOMING NORTHERLY OUTFLOW 5 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 5 TO 15 NEAR NOON FRIDAY THEN BECOMING LIGHT FRIDAY EVENING. HARO STRAIT. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 20 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - CENTRAL STRAIT JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EAST ENTRANCE. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO WEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TO WEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT FRIDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - WEST ENTRANCE. WIND LIGHT TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. JOHNSTONE STRAIT. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING LIGHT FRIDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT AND TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 FRIDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT FRIDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH. WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO WESTERLY 5 TO 15 NEAR NOON EXCEPT NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 SOUTH OF THE BROOKS PENINSULA. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 THIS EVENING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 FRIDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SOUTH. WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXCEPT LIGHT NEAR THE COAST SOUTH OF ESTEVAN POINT LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT NEAR THE COAST SOUTH OF TOFINO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY MORNING. DRIZZLE ENDING THIS EVENING. SHOWERS FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND. WIND NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT LIGHT OVER EASTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON CHANGING TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CENTRAL COAST FROM MCINNES ISLAND TO PINE ISLAND. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 FRIDAY MORNING. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING CHANGING TO RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HECATE STRAIT - NORTHERN HALF DIXON ENTRANCE EAST. WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHERLY 10 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING WESTERLY 5 TO 15 FRIDAY EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON CHANGING TO SHOWERS NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HECATE STRAIT - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHERLY 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON CHANGING TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - WEST OF LANGARA WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - NORTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 TONIGHT. WIND WESTERLY 10 TO 20 FRIDAY. SHOWERS. DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - EAST OF LANGARA. WIND SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND WESTERLY 5 TO 15 FRIDAY. SHOWERS. WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS. DOUGLAS CHANNEL. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 10 TO 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. BOWIE - NORTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 FRIDAY. SHOWERS. BOWIE - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 KNOTS VEERING TO WEST 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT THEN TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. SHOWERS. EXPLORER - NORTHWESTERN HALF. WIND WESTERLY 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING WESTERLY 10 TO 20 LATE THIS EVENING THEN VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS. EXPLORER - SOUTHEASTERN HALF. WIND NORTHWESTERLY 10 TO 20 KNOTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND WESTERLY 5 TO 15 VEERING TO NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 20 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. END