Sand Heads wind

Sand Heads is a land weather station near Steveston in the Howe Sound and Sea to Sky sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from NW (322°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:00 America/Vancouver). Air 10°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 24 readings, gust 15 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly NW (316°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 6 kn from NW (322°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 6 kn from NW (313°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 6 kn from NNW (335°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 9 kn from NW (312°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 11 kn from NW (316°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 9 kn from NW (323°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 11 kn from NW (322°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 14 kn from NNW (329°), gust 15 kn

Position 49.106, -123.303; exposure marine. Sand Heads is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Sand Heads: 2.9 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Sand Heads: 2.8 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

How forecasts are checked.

Conditions map · Howe Sound and Sea to Sky · All stations · Weather models

Stations near Sand Heads

Sand Heads, 0.0 nm away
Sea Island, 6.5 nm away
Southern Georgia Strait, 7.0 nm away
Richmond South, 8.0 nm away
Yvr, 7.6 nm away
Vancouver Intl, 7.0 nm away