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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 05:35, 07:25, 09:25, 11:45, 14:30, 16:55, 19:05, 21:00
05:35 room most days 100% — 5 07:25 room most days 100% — 5 09:25 room most days 100% — 5 11:45 room most days 100% — 5 14:30 room most days 100% — 5 16:55 room most days 100% — 5 19:05 room most days 100% — 5 21:00 room most days 100% — 5
had room filled up waited one waited two+ Weekday · shoulder · 40 comparable sailings
Marine forecast · ECCC ⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Friday · 25 · 04 · 30 · 202609250430 · Friday September 25, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Thursday · 24 · 21 · 202609242130 · Thursday September 24, 2026 at 21:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight then becoming northwest 15 to 25 Friday morning. Wind diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 late Friday afternoon. Periods of rain. No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 41 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12. Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Friday. · issued 15 days ago · cancellation counts are FerryCast's own
At Saltery Bay · ECCC Periods of rain · low 10 °C Powell River · Tonight · issued 15 days ago

FerryCast

Weekday · shoulder

Leaving from

Scheduled departure

07:25

Actual departure

07:28

3 min late

5 comparable sailings

0% ran out of room
5had space

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 5 · 100%
  • Ran out of room 0 · 0%
  • Cancelled 0 · 0%

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

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

See the 5 dates
DateTimeOutcomeLeft behindPeak
2026-10-08 07:25 made it no moderate
2026-10-07 07:25 made it no moderate
2026-10-06 07:25 made it no moderate
2026-10-05 07:25 made it no moderate
2026-10-01 07:25 made it no one has said —

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.

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NW 10–15 kt No cancellations in 41 days of strong winds Warning

Forecast

On the water

⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · September · 09 · Friday · 25 · 04 · 30 · 202609250430 · Friday September 25, 2026 at 04:30 UTC · Thursday · 24 · 21 · 202609242130 · Thursday September 24, 2026 at 21:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo

Wind NW 10–15 kt
Visibility Periods of rain.

Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight then becoming northwest 15 to 25 Friday morning. Wind diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 late Friday afternoon.

What it means for sailings

No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 41 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12.

Issued 15 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Tonight and Friday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own

At Saltery Bay

Weather Periods of rain
Low 10 °C

Periods of rain. Wind northwest 20 km/h. Temperature steady near 10.

Issued 15 days ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Tonight

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