FerryCast
Route Saltery Bay – Earls Cove
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Weekday · peak summer

8 sailings

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

Easiest sailings before 09:25
Hardest stretch 09:25–21:00
05:35 room most days 80% — 5 07:25 room most days 80% — 5 09:25 expect to wait 0% 07:49 5 11:45 expect to wait 0% 11:01 5 14:30 expect to wait 20% 13:57 5 16:55 expect to wait 40% 15:32 5 19:05 expect to wait 20% — 5 21:00 expect to wait 40% 20:12 5
had room filled up waited one waited two+ Weekday · peak summer · 40 comparable sailings
Marine forecast · ECCC ⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Gale warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Wednesday · 2 · 04 · 30 · 20260920430 · Wednesday September 2, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Tuesday · 01 · 21 · 202609012130 · Tuesday September 01, 2026 at 21:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots increasing to southeast 25 to 35 late overnight then diminishing to southeast 10 to 20 Wednesday evening. Periods of rain overnight and Wednesday. Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Wednesday. · issued 38 days ago
At Saltery Bay · ECCC Chance of showers · low 14 °C Powell River · Tonight · issued 39 days ago

FerryCast

Weekday · peak summer

Leaving from

Scheduled departure

07:25

Actual departure

07:31

6 min late

5 comparable sailings

20% ran out of room
4had space
1filled

Of the 1 that filled: 1 provably left vehicles behind. 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 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.

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

See the 5 dates
DateTimeOutcomeLeft behindPeak
2026-09-03 07:25 made it no overflowing
2026-09-02 07:25 made it no overflowing
2026-08-31 07:25 made it no moderate
2026-08-27 07:25 made it no heavy
2026-08-26 07:25 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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SE 15–25 kt Chance of showers Warning

Forecast

On the water

⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Gale warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Wednesday · 2 · 04 · 30 · 20260920430 · Wednesday September 2, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Tuesday · 01 · 21 · 202609012130 · Tuesday September 01, 2026 at 21:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning

Wind SE 15–25 kt
Visibility Periods of rain overnight and Wednesday.

Wind southeast 15 to 25 knots increasing to southeast 25 to 35 late overnight then diminishing to southeast 10 to 20 Wednesday evening.

Issued 38 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Wednesday.

At Saltery Bay

Weather Chance of showers
Low 14 °C
Chance of precipitation 40%

Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers late this evening and overnight. Wind southeast 30 km/h increasing to 50 overnight except 70 near the Strait of Georgia. Low 14.

Issued 39 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Tonight

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