FQCN13 CWVR 162250
MARINE FORECASTS FOR PACIFIC WATERS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
4:00 P.M. PDT FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025 FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
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.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 THIS
 EVENING AND TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING LIGHT
 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 LATE SATURDAY
 MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 SATURDAY EVENING. PERIODS
 OF RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTH OF NANAIMO.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 5 TO 15 LATE THIS
 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND INCREASING
 TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHWEST 20
 TO 25 SATURDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR NOON SATURDAY.

HOWE SOUND.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHERLY INFLOW 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN
 INCREASING TO NORTHERLY OUTFLOW 15 TO 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND
 DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTHERLY INFLOW
 5 TO 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT. RAIN
 SATURDAY MORNING.

HARO STRAIT.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 LATE
 OVERNIGHT THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 LATE SATURDAY MORNING EXCEPT
 SOUTHWEST 20 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20
 SATURDAY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 30 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS.
 SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - CENTRAL STRAIT
JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EAST ENTRANCE.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND EAST 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING
 TO WEST 10 TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 30
 SATURDAY MORNING AND TO WEST 30 TO 35 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
 PERIODS OF RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - WEST ENTRANCE.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND EAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 EARLY THIS
 EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 SATURDAY
 MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
 PERIODS OF RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

JOHNSTONE STRAIT.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 EARLY
 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING
 TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO
 25 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON SATURDAY.
 VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SHOWERS.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO
 NORTHWEST 20 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15
 SATURDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY 1
 MILE OR LESS IN RAIN.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH.
WIND SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE THIS
 EVENING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
 NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 SATURDAY. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SOUTH.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 EARLY
 SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 SATURDAY
 AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - EASTERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT LATE THIS EVENING THEN
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING
 NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR
 MIDNIGHT.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - WESTERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
 DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING
 NEAR MIDNIGHT.

CENTRAL COAST FROM MCINNES ISLAND TO PINE ISLAND.
WIND SOUTHERLY 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING
 THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST
 10 TO 20 SATURDAY. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT.

HECATE STRAIT - NORTHERN HALF
DIXON ENTRANCE EAST.
WIND SOUTHERLY 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 THIS EVENING
 THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR
 MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

HECATE STRAIT - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHERLY 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 NEAR
 MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
 WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR
 MIDNIGHT.

DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - WEST OF LANGARA
WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - NORTHERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 LATE
 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
 SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON SATURDAY.

DIXON ENTRANCE WEST - EAST OF LANGARA.
WIND WEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 LATE OVERNIGHT
 THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND
 BACKING TO WEST 15 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING NEAR
 MIDNIGHT.

WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII - SOUTHERN HALF.
WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 EARLY
 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 25 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISHING
 TO NORTHWEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING SATURDAY MORNING.

DOUGLAS CHANNEL.
WIND SOUTHWESTERLY INFLOW 5 TO 15 KNOTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SHOWERS
 ENDING SATURDAY MORNING.

BOWIE.
WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING TO WEST 10 TO 20 EARLY SATURDAY
 AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 10 TO 20 LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS ENDING
 THIS EVENING.

EXPLORER - NORTHWESTERN HALF.
WIND NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 LATE
 OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 5 TO 15 SATURDAY EVENING.
 SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPLORER - SOUTHEASTERN HALF.
WIND WESTERLY 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 SATURDAY. SHOWERS ENDING
 OVERNIGHT.

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