Kelp Reefs wind

Kelp Reefs is a land weather station near Gordon Head in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from N (8°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:00 America/Vancouver).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 23 readings, gust 13 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly NNE (15°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 5 kn from N (8°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 7 kn from NNE (27°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 7 kn from NNE (21°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 5 kn from N (8°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 5 kn from N (8°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 8 kn from N (4°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 6 kn from N (7°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 10 kn from N (353°), gust 12 kn

Position 48.548, -123.237; exposure marine. Kelp Reefs is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Kelp Reefs: 2.7 kn on average across 167 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS West 1 km (experimental) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Kelp Reefs: 2.8 kn on average across 167 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Kelp Reefs

Kelp Reefs, 1.7 nm away
Victoria University, 6.1 nm away
Victoria University, 6.1 nm away
Friday Harbor, 8.9 nm away
GW2702 weather, 6.9 nm away
Saanichton CFIA, 8.2 nm away