Winchelsea Island, BC Daily Water Report — October 30, 2026

Weather and water snapshot

Forecast snapshot assembled Oct 30, 09:33 a.m. GMT-7. Times use America/Vancouver. Saved source values are shown immediately; missing readings remain unavailable. Check source times before planning an outing.

Fishing is best supported from 4:00–6:00 PM, a two-hour 6.4/10 (Good) outing. Bite potential is 5.9/10 (Fair) in that period, with the 3:59–5:59 PM solunar major period providing a timing cue. Rain is the tradeoff: showers are forecast through 4 PM, then easing, while wind drops to 3–4 knots with 9–10 knot gusts. The tide is falling toward the 3:55 PM low before rising again. This is a workable late-day window, but the rain reduces outing comfort. The earlier 9:00–11:00 AM fishing window was 6.4/10 (Good), with separate bite potential 6/10 (Good), but it has passed. Winds were 11–14 knots during those hours. Boating is 7/10 (Good) from 4:00–6:00 PM, limited by rain reducing outing comfort. Kayaking is also 7/10 (Good) in the same window as winds ease, though wet conditions remain the main drawback. Diving is 6.5/10 (Good) from 4:00–6:00 PM; surface waves are small, around 0.2 m, but atmospheric visibility does not indicate underwater clarity. Marine water temperature is about 11–12 C. Sailing is 4.5/10 (Fair) from 4:00–6:00 PM, again because rain reduces outing comfort. The morning sailing period was 6/10 (Good), with Wind and gust models disagree, but that daylight window has ended. For shoreline exploring, 4:00–6:00 PM is 7/10 (Good), with rain reducing outing comfort. The tide is near its afternoon low at the start, but tide timing does not confirm beach access or harvesting permission. Cloud cover is extensive, temperatures sit near 7 C, and pressure is rising. Waves remain low through the day, with the calmest forecast near 10 PM, after daylight. Chlorophyll is very high at 14.13 mg/m³, indicating a possible bloom; species and safety are not established.

Activity assessments

Forecast-based planning assessments, not navigation or access permission.

Daylight outing windows

Complete hourly weather forecast

Complete hourly marine forecast

High and low tides

Predictions at the mapped tide station.

Modeled ocean currents

Surface-model output is not suitable for navigation or local slack-water timing.

Sun, moon and solunar timing

Sunrise: 08:02. Sunset: 18:00. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous.

Shoreline adventures 2026-10-30

Coverage: available. Source: provider: CHS; stationId: 5cebf1de3d0f4a073c4bb971. Times use America/Vancouver. These are forecast assessments, not beach access, harvesting permission or safe navigation boundaries.

Daylight shoreline outings

Shoreline tide predictions

Relative low-tide crossing windows

These geometric crossings of 70% of the source high tide are separate from the daylight outing assessments above.

Sources and availability

ocean: NOAA CoastWatch.

river: not applicable.

tides: CHS.

marine: Paradise Modern marine forecast.

weather: Paradise Modern / MET Norway model forecast.

How the water looked at Winchelsea Island, BC

The conditions record includes 7.9 °C air temperature, 12.634989198 knot wind, gusts to 12.0518358504 knots, and 1012.7 hPa pressure.

Ocean: NOAA CoastWatch; Tides: CHS; Marine: Paradise Modern marine forecast; Weather: Paradise Modern / MET Norway model forecast

Earlier Winchelsea Island, BC daily reports

This is the earliest finished report currently available for this location.