FerryCast
Route Saltery Bay – Earls Cove
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Weekday · shoulder

8 sailings

Every departure, what it usually does, and the hour you would have had to arrive.

Easiest sailings before 10:35, after 18:00
Hardest stretch 10:35–12:55
06:30 room most days 80% — 5 08:20 room most days 100% — 5 10:35 expect to wait 20% 09:46 5 12:55 expect to wait 40% 12:55 5 15:40 room most days 100% — 5 18:00 toss-up 60% — 5 20:05 room most days 100% — 5 22:00 room most days 100% — 5
had room filled up waited one waited two+ Weekday · shoulder · 40 comparable sailings
Marine forecast · ECCC ⚠ Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Thursday · 17 · 04 · 30 · 202609170430 · Thursday September 17, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Wednesday · 16 · 21 · 202609162130 · Wednesday September 16, 2026 at 21:30 PDT Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 near noon Thursday then increasing to northwest 15 to 20 early Thursday evening. No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 35 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12. Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Thursday. · issued 23 days ago · cancellation counts are FerryCast's own
At Earls Cove · ECCC Clear · low 9 °C Gibsons · Tonight · issued 23 days ago

FerryCast

Weekday · shoulder

Leaving from

Scheduled departure

12:55 departed

5 comparable sailings

60% ran out of room
2had space
3filled

Of the 3 that filled: 3 provably left vehicles behind. The split is broken down under “How the 5 went.”

Arrive before

12:55 0 min before departure — arrivals by then typically still got on these sailings

How the 5 went

  • Space the whole time 2 · 40%
  • Ran out of room 3 · 60%
  • Left vehicles behind 3 camera · line
  • Cancelled 0 · 0%

From terminal camera frames, which count vehicles waiting outside the terminal.

109 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.

See the 5 dates
DateTimeOutcomeLeft behindPeak
2026-10-08 12:55 made it no heavy
2026-10-07 12:55 filled up yes heavy
2026-10-06 12:55 made it no heavy
2026-10-05 12:55 filled up yes heavy
2026-09-29 12:55 filled up yes heavy

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 15–20 kt No cancellations in 35 days of strong winds Warning

Forecast

On the water

⚠ Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Thursday · 17 · 04 · 30 · 202609170430 · Thursday September 17, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Wednesday · 16 · 21 · 202609162130 · Wednesday September 16, 2026 at 21:30 PDT

Wind NW 15–20 kt

Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 near noon Thursday then increasing to northwest 15 to 20 early Thursday evening.

What it means for sailings

No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 35 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12.

Issued 23 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Thursday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own

At Earls Cove

Weather Clear
Low 9 °C

Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h. Low 9.

Issued 23 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gibsons · Tonight

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