FerryCast
Friday · shoulder
Scheduled departure
5 comparable sailings
Of the 1 that filled: 1 provably left vehicles behind. The split is broken down under “How the 5 went.”
How the 5 went
- Space the whole time 4 · 80%
- Ran out of room 1 · 20%
- Left vehicles behind 1 camera · line
- Cancelled 0 · 0%
From terminal camera frames, which count vehicles waiting outside the terminal.
Not enough exact matches, so the search was widened to all seasons; then widened to +/-60 min; then widened to include days outside a long weekend, which behave differently; then widened to similar day types (friday, weekday).
147 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.
See the 5 dates
| Date | Time | Outcome | Left behind | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 06:30 | filled up | yes | heavy |
| 2026-10-08 | 06:30 | made it | no | empty |
| 2026-10-07 | 06:30 | made it | no | empty |
| 2026-10-06 | 06:30 | made it | no | empty |
| 2026-10-05 | 06:30 | made it | no | empty |
The outcome is about the vessel — whether it ran out of room, which the board can see and no camera can. “Left behind” is about the approach road, which only a camera residual or somebody in the line can see; “no one has said” means neither did, which is not the same as no. Peak is how full the compound got; older sailings show a vehicle count, and a “+” there means the queue ran past the edge of the camera frame.
When did the queue build?
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NW 10–15 kt No cancellations in 30 days of strong winds Warning
Forecast
On the water
⚠ Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Saturday · 12 · 04 · 30 · 202609120430 · Saturday September 12, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Friday · 11 · 21 · 202609112130 · Friday September 11, 2026 at 21:30 PDT
Wind light increasing to northwest 10 to 15 knots late this evening then becoming northwest 10 to 20 late overnight. Wind northwesterly 10 to 20 Saturday.
What it means for sailings
No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 30 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12.
Issued 28 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Saturday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own
At Earls Cove
Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of thunderstorms. Wind light except northwest 30 km/h near the Strait of Georgia overnight. Low 10.
Issued 28 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gibsons · Tonight
From the line
No one has reported this sailing.