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Route Saltery Bay – Earls Cove
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Sunday / holiday · shoulder

8 sailings

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

Easiest sailings before 09:25, after 16:55
Hardest stretch 09:25–14:30
05:35 room most days 100% — 5 07:25 room most days 100% — 5 09:25 expect to wait 20% 08:10 5 11:45 expect to wait 40% 10:29 5 14:30 expect to wait 0% 13:50 5 16:55 toss-up 60% 14:58 5 19:05 room most days 80% — 5 21:00 room most days 80% — 5
had room filled up waited one waited two+ *no exact match, so the search was widened — open a sailing to see how Sunday / holiday · shoulder · 40 comparable sailings
Marine forecast · ECCC Wind light becoming southeast 5 to 15 knots near noon Monday then becoming northwest 5 to 15 Monday evening. No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 33 days forecast for light winds since 2026-08-13. Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Monday. · issued 19 days ago · cancellation counts are FerryCast's own
At Saltery Bay · ECCC A few clouds · low 10 °C Powell River · Tonight · issued 19 days ago

FerryCast

Sunday / holiday · shoulder

Leaving from

Scheduled departure

21:00

Actual departure

21:07

7 min late

5 comparable sailings

20% ran out of room
4had space
1filled

Of the 1 that filled: for 1 nobody has said either way. The split is broken down under “How the 5 went.”

The board reported on 5 of the 5; camera frames or line reports sharpened 4 of those.

How the 5 went

  • Space the whole time 4 · 80%
  • Ran out of room 1 · 20%
  • No one has said 1 board only
  • Cancelled 0 · 0%

“No one has said” means the vessel was seen to run out of room and nobody has reported whether that cost anyone their crossing. One report from that line settles it.

More than one kind of evidence — camera frames, the board, or first-hand reports.

Not enough exact matches, so the search was widened to all seasons.

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

See the 5 dates
DateTimeOutcomeLeft behindPeak
2026-10-04 21:00 made it no empty
2026-09-27 21:00 made it no moderate
2026-09-13 21:00 made it no empty
2026-08-30 21:00 made it no moderate
2026-08-23 21:00 filled up no one has said 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 5–15 kt No cancellations in 33 days of light winds

Forecast

On the water

Wind SE 5–15 kt

Wind light becoming southeast 5 to 15 knots near noon Monday then becoming northwest 5 to 15 Monday evening.

What it means for sailings

No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 33 days forecast for light winds since 2026-08-13.

Issued 19 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Monday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own

At Saltery Bay

Weather A few clouds
Low 10 °C

A few clouds. Fog patches near the coast overnight. Low 10.

Issued 19 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Tonight

From the line

No one has reported this sailing.

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