FerryCast
Sunday / holiday · shoulder
Scheduled departure
5 comparable sailings
Of the 4 that filled: 3 provably left vehicles behind and 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.
Arrive before
How the 5 went
- Space the whole time 1 · 20%
- Ran out of room 4 · 80%
- Left vehicles behind 3 camera · line
- 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; then widened to +/-60 min; then widened to include days outside a long weekend, which behave differently.
Tags for this date: long_weekend
8 sailing(s) had no usable record and are excluded.
See the 5 dates
| Date | Time | Outcome | Left behind | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04 | 11:45 | made it | no | moderate |
| 2026-09-30 | 11:45 | filled up | yes | heavy |
| 2026-09-27 | 11:45 | filled up | yes | heavy |
| 2026-09-20 | 11:45 | filled up | yes | overflowing |
| 2026-09-13 | 11:45 | 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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NW 10–15 kt No cancellations in 56 days of strong winds Warning
Forecast
On the water
⚠ Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Strong wind warning · warning · Issued · 2026 · October · 10 · Saturday · 17 · 30 · 202610101730 · Saturday October 10, 2026 at 17:30 UTC · 202610101030 · Saturday October 10, 2026 at 10:30 PDT · Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo
Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 20 this afternoon then diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 this evening. Wind becoming northwest 10 to 15 after midnight except northeasterly outflow 15 to 25 near the mainland inlets overnight and Sunday morning.
What it means for sailings
No sailing on this route was cancelled on the 56 days forecast for strong winds since 2026-08-12.
Issued 3 h ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo · Today Tonight and Sunday. · cancellation history is FerryCast's own
At Saltery Bay
Sunny. High 14. UV index 3 or moderate.
Issued 3 h ago · Environment and Climate Change Canada, Powell River · Sunday
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 11:45, 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 11:45.
Nothing has been sent yet — the record can't take a sailing that hasn't departed. Open FerryCast again after 11:45 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.