FerryCast
Friday · shoulder
Scheduled departure
Actual departure
2 min late
5 comparable sailings
Of the 4 that filled: 4 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 4 of those.
Arrive before
How the 5 went
- Space the whole time 1 · 20%
- Ran out of room 4 · 80%
- Left vehicles behind 4 camera · line
- Cancelled 0 · 0%
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; then widened to +/-60 min; then widened to include days outside a long weekend, which behave differently.
Tags for this date: long_weekend
13 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.
See the 5 dates
| Date | Time | Outcome | Left behind | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | 09:25 | made it | no one has said | — |
| 2026-09-25 | 09:25 | filled up | yes | heavy |
| 2026-09-18 | 09:25 | filled up | yes | overflowing |
| 2026-09-11 | 09:25 | filled up | yes | heavy |
| 2026-09-04 | 09:25 | 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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NW 25–35 kt Periods of rain Warning
Forecast
On the water
⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Gale warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · October · 10 · Friday · 09 · 13 · 15 · 202610091315 · Friday October 09, 2026 at 13:15 UTC · 06 · 202610090615 · Friday October 09, 2026 at 06:15 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning
Wind northwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 20 to 30 late this morning then diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight. Wind diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 Saturday morning then increasing to northwest 15 to 20 Saturday afternoon. Wind diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 Saturday evening.
Issued 4 h ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Today Tonight and Saturday.
At Saltery Bay
Periods of rain ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near the Strait of Georgia. High 14. UV index 2 or low.
Issued 6 h ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Today
From the line
No one has reported this sailing.