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South Hecate Strait wind
South Hecate Strait is a weather buoy in the Haida Gwaii and Hecate Strait sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.
Latest observation
Now 23 kn from SE (138°), gusting 28 kn, 2026-11-04 00:05 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:05 America/Vancouver). Air 11°C. 1011 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 18 kn, 24 readings, gust 33 kn, peak mean 26 kn, mostly SSE (151°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 00:05 UTC: 23 kn from SE (138°), gust 28 kn
- 2026-11-03 23:05 UTC: 24 kn from SE (144°), gust 30 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:05 UTC: 26 kn from SE (145°), gust 31 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:05 UTC: 26 kn from SSE (148°), gust 32 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:05 UTC: 26 kn from SSE (149°), gust 33 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:05 UTC: 25 kn from SSE (154°), gust 31 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:05 UTC: 26 kn from SSE (157°), gust 31 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:05 UTC: 26 kn from SSE (155°), gust 32 kn
Position 52.425, -129.792; exposure marine. South Hecate Strait 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 South Hecate Strait: 3.5 kn on average across 46 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.
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 South Hecate Strait: 3.8 kn on average across 141 hourly comparisons, against 5.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.