FerryCast
Weekday · peak summer
Scheduled departure
Actual departure
55 min late
5 comparable sailings
Of the 3 that filled: 2 provably left vehicles behind and 1 filled and still took everyone — the tightest kind of success. The split is broken down under “How the 5 went.”
The board reported on 5 of the 5; camera frames or line reports sharpened 5 of those.
How the 5 went
- Space the whole time 2 · 40%
- Ran out of room 3 · 60%
- Left vehicles behind 2 camera · line
- Took everyone anyway 1 board + line
- Cancelled 0 · 0%
“Took everyone anyway” is the board’s capacity notice resolved by someone who was in the line — the margin nobody can otherwise see.
From terminal camera frames, which count vehicles waiting outside the terminal.
19 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.
See the 5 dates
| Date | Time | Outcome | Left behind | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 19:05 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-02 | 19:05 | filled up | yes | moderate |
| 2026-09-01 | 19:05 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-08-31 | 19:05 | filled up | no | moderate |
| 2026-08-26 | 19:05 | filled up | yes | moderate |
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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SE 10–15 kt Chance of showers Warning
Forecast
On the water
⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · August · 08 · Friday · 28 · 04 · 30 · 202608280430 · Friday August 28, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Thursday · 27 · 21 · 202608272130 · Thursday August 27, 2026 at 21:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
Wind southeast 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light near midnight then increasing to southeast 5 to 15 late Friday morning. Wind increasing to northwest 20 to 30 late Friday afternoon then diminishing to northwest 10 to 20 Friday evening.
Issued 44 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Friday.
At Saltery Bay
Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 13.
Issued 44 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Tonight
From the line
No one has reported this sailing.