FerryCast
Saturday · shoulder
Scheduled departure
5 comparable sailings
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.
Arrive before
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.
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
9 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.
See the 5 dates
| Date | Time | Outcome | Left behind | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-03 | 05:35 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-26 | 05:35 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-19 | 05:35 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-12 | 05:35 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-05 | 05:35 | filled up | yes | overflowing |
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 25–30 kt No cancellations in 55 days of strong winds Warning
Forecast
On the water
⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · October · 10 · Friday · 09 · 17 · 30 · 202610091730 · Friday October 09, 2026 at 17:30 UTC · 202610091030 · Friday October 09, 2026 at 10:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
Wind northwest 25 to 30 knots diminishing to northwest 15 to 20 late overnight and to northwest 10 to 15 Saturday morning. Wind increasing to northwest 15 to 20 Saturday afternoon then diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 Saturday evening.
What it means for sailings
No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 55 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12.
Issued 1 h ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Today Tonight and Saturday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own
At Saltery Bay
Clearing in the morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 15. UV index 3 or moderate.
Issued in the last hour · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Saturday
From the line
This sailing hasn't gone yet. Deck space and the camera can tell whether the vessel filled — only someone in the queue knows who made it.
Marks the time on this phone. Nothing is sent until the sailing has gone and you say what happened.
You're in the line for the 05:35, recorded at .
How long have you been there?
Roughly is fine. Nothing has been sent.
You joined the line at
We'll ask whether you got on once it has gone. Nothing has been sent.
Held. You joined at and didn't get on the 05:35.
Nothing has been sent yet — the record can't take a sailing that hasn't departed. Open FerryCast again after 05:35 and it will be waiting to file.
Correct or discard
This sailing hasn't gone yet. Once it has, you can add when you joined the line, when it left and whether you got on — deck space and the camera can tell whether the vessel filled, but only a person in the queue knows who made it.