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Around the water

What the water is doing, what's happening on it, boaters helping boaters — and what people saw out there today.

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Conditions

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How's the water? Share what you see, ask before you go, or pass on what you've learned. Official warnings show up here too.

Today on the water · Vancouver & the Salish Sea

  • Howe Sound: Wind light becoming southwesterly inflow 5 to 15 knots near noon then becoming light this evening. — issued Sat 4:00 a.m.
  • Johnstone Strait: Wind northwest 10 to 20 knots diminishing to light early this morning. — issued Sat 4:00 a.m.
  • Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo: Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light this morning then becoming northwest 5 to 15 near midnight. — issued Sat 4:00 a.m.
  • Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo: Wind westerly 5 to 15 knots becoming light this morning then increasing to northwest 5 to 15 this evening. — issued Sat 4:00 a.m.

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What's on

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Races, shows, open houses and things worth knowing around the water. Know something? Tell us.

Help & hands

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Need a hand, a part, or something carried? Ask here. Going somewhere? Offer to carry.

In danger now? Call the Coast Guard on VHF channel 16, or dial 911.

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Seen on the water

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Show what you caught and the boats you saw today. Your own photos only.

Big halibut daySpotted: Marabell at anchorPacific Yellowfin at sunrise, Coal HarbourHalibut coming up to the boatGyrfalcon at anchorLingcod on the jigSpotted: an AB 116 at the dockA skate in the fog

Posts here come from boaters, organisers and official sources — not from crewopen. We don't check, vouch for or take part in any arrangement made here. Use your own judgement; on the water, the captain always has the final call.