Wind Reports? - Gabriola, Hump, Bowen, Howe Sound, Van Harbour, Sandheads

Rain City

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Thought maybe we could do a little less clogging of the fishing report threads?
 
Just start a new thread called the best things about Rain City. I don’t think the internet could handle that. :rolleyes:
 
There already is such a thing. Its called bigwavedave lol
 
For the harbour Big wave dave http://www.bigwavedave.ca/forecasts.php?page=1
the most accurate i find, i'm in a 16' boat and need the lowest wind, can't stand chop, most of time it
reads wind in the morning but mornings are like glass.

Howe Sound has been https://forecast.predictwind.com/atlas/#Wind

Vancouver harbour first report Flat!! EDIT : picture will automatically update
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Wind predictions are just that... predictions.

Learning your local area's weather is more important. Look at the area covered by the wind warnings, they're quite large. "Strait of Georgia, South of Nanaimo," is basically Winchelsea Island all the way down to Sydney. Tide also plays a huge role in wave formation when fishing. Wind direction against the tide direction is going to churn up lots of waves. Wind going with the tide isn't going to do much.

http://www.fishweather.com/ gives a reading from all the wind stations in a given area, placed on a nice map. There's an ap too. Check the local winds, and trends, know the local weather patterns and the tides and you'll have a great day out there.
 
reel time whats the web link for that horseshoe bay cam ....
can see which guides are out....lol
 
I have a few webcam links that I use to determine winds around the Vancouver area.

UBC/wreck beach cam (faces north-west) - shows Bowen island in the distance.
http://towercam.arts.ubc.ca/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=209572

West Van shoreline (faces south)
http://www.kiteboardbc.com/webcam/westvan/

Jericho Beach (faces north)
http://www.kiteboardbc.com/webcam/jericho/

Burrard Bridge / English Bay (faces west)
http://www.katkam.ca/pic.aspx

Hollyburn Sailing Club aka Ambleside Beach (faces south)
http://hollyburnsailingclub.ca/club/webcam/

If you know of any more that are useful please post!
 
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