Sea Island wind

Sea Island is a land weather station near Terra Nova in the Howe Sound and Sea to Sky sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from NW (316°), gusting 4 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, 24 readings, gust 9 kn, peak mean 7 kn, mostly NW (308°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 3 kn from NW (316°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 4 kn from WNW (283°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 4 kn from WNW (292°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 7 kn from NW (313°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 7 kn from WNW (303°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 6 kn from NW (306°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 6 kn from NW (307°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 7 kn from NW (310°), gust 9 kn

Position 49.183, -123.187; exposure coastal. Sea Island is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

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 Sea Island: 1.8 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Sea Island: 2.0 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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

Stations near Sea Island

Yvr, 1.4 nm away
Vancouver Intl, 0.8 nm away
Richmond South, 4.0 nm away
Sand Heads, 6.5 nm away
FW3594 weather, 3.4 nm away
Jericho Sailing Centre, 5.6 nm away