Saturna Island wind

Saturna Island is a land weather station near Tsawwassen in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from WNW (290°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:00 America/Vancouver). Air 10°C. 1019 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 23 readings, gust 8 kn, peak mean 4 kn, mostly WNW (299°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 2 kn from WNW (290°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 1 kn from SW (233°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 2 kn from W (262°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 2 kn from W (260°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 3 kn from W (274°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 2 kn from W (281°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 3 kn from WNW (293°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 2 kn from W (276°), gust 4 kn

Position 48.783, -123.046; exposure marine. Saturna Island is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Saturna Island: 3.3 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Saturna Island: 3.1 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Saturna Island

Saturna Isl, 0.0 nm away
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FW5161 weather, 7.1 nm away
Saturna CAPMON, 3.3 nm away
GW7684 weather, 9.6 nm away
Cherry Point North Dock, 12.1 nm away