West coast weather

[Bifmalibu]

Reading this: https://weather.gc.ca/marine/weatherConditions-lightstation_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=16200

How do you interpret the information for Cape Beale. I'm heading over on Wednesday and the weather looks the *****.

https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=16200

Will 30 knot winds make fishing in Barkley sound tough in a sea worthy 17 footer?

 

[easydoesit]

Weather as it has to do with boating and fishing is complicated. Best advice I think is to be cautious and gauge the sea conditions and your boats ability to handle it, and take it from there.

 

[pescador]

I start paying attention to wind when it reaches 10 knots. I start thinking about going home at 20 knots. 30 knots is no fun. Wind is just part of it though. Wave high and distance of rollers and if waves are capping play into my decision as to whether I fish....

 

[brutus]

Reading this: https://weather.gc.ca/marine/weatherConditions-lightstation_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=16200

How do you interpret the information for Cape Beale. I'm heading over on Wednesday and the weather looks the *****.

https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=16200

Will 30 knot winds make fishing in Barkley sound tough in a sea worthy 17 footer?

my friend turn arround at 12 miles this morning heading out to rats nose,he as a 24 campion and many trips out there behind him,beale had a good swell when he went by at 6 am nothing huge ,he fished 6 miles the rest of the day dont no how he did waiting for a report

 

[Bifmalibu]

Thanks for the replies guys. What I really was asking is how to interpret the data in the chart for Cape Beale, if anybody knows? I know one column is wind, I think another is 1 ft chop and low swell maybe?

Thanks.

 

[Tugcapitan]

Sounds like you had it mostly right,

PC partly cloudy, 15 visibility in N Miles, West 10 kts, 2 foot chop, low swell

If you search the same website you posted the link from there is an explanation on how to "decode" all of the different reports and forecasts.

Yes sounds like you'll have to pick spots sheltered from NW later this week! Good luck

 

[Tugcapitan]

http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=3D8459C9-1

 

[Bifmalibu]

Thanks captain.

 

[ericl]

I always use this page as a jumping-off page for weather/marine data:

http://livetosurf.com/forecasting-tools/

The La Perouse buoy data is a good choice for that area for real-time data.
Here is "The mother of all forecasting tools"

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/cgi-bin/wxmap_DOD_area.cgi?area=n2_nepac&set=All

I would focus on "significant wave height", which BTW is not as bad as it could be.

From a typical NW direction summer wind, Estevan Point provides SOME shelter in the Ucluelet area but probably not in the Cape Beale area. Cape Beale seems to be on the "extra-ugly" .

As for the 30 kn winds, fishing in them on any size boat will be at best an exercise in futility. Will there be spots inside the Sound OK to fish? Based on the significant wave direction direction (NW) I'd say yes. Depending on where you put-out to sea at, getting to a sheltered location will not be pleasant.

 

[robertg]

Tug captain got it right but there is additional information, overcast with 12 miles visibility. wind southwest at 3 knots ,1foot chop with low southwest swell, visibility to the south east through to south 6 miles in Fog. Thats the lighthouse report and then you have the forecast

 

[trophywife]

it can be nasty at beale because of the funnel affect. yesterday we went around to keah and pachena and it was flat, no swell, no wind.. that was after 20kt wind and a medium swell with wind chop on it coming around beale.

 

[Tugcapitan]

Tug captain got it right but there is additional information, overcast with 12 miles visibility. wind southwest at 3 knots ,1foot chop with low southwest swell, visibility to the south east through to south 6 miles in Fog. Thats the lighthouse report and then you have the forecast

Of course every time someone clicks the link originally posted the forecast will be updated and different than what we were originally looking at when this thread was started...

 

[Bifmalibu]

Thanks all for the replies. We're launching from Port Nook and I was hoping to get outside a bit for halibut. If we can't we'll just stay inside and fish the wall or kirby or something.

 

[robertg]

Hey Bifmalibu, I am going down there tomorrow as well, try calling me on channel 68, seahawk is the boats name, should be down there around 1.00 pm. Will be there until Friday or Sat morning