Remote Marine weather station Alert!

Weather Station

Sept 26, 2019

The remote weather stations are located in strategic locations up and down British Columbia’s Coast provide essential information for the safety of boaters.

It has come to our attention that the weather stations at Fanny Island, Sentry Shoals, Sandhead and Saturna Island have been out of commission for several months creating unsafe conditions for boaters.

Government Wharf in Fanny Bay

 

 

 

Government Wharf at Fanny Bay

“There may be more up the coast. One of the people we talked to actually said that there were many station out all across Canada so that is totally unacceptable” said Gary Russell, a member of the Canoe Cove Association.

As to the weather stations; the ones that we know of that are out are;

Fanny Island, Sentry Shoals, Sandheads, Saturna Island. There may be more up the coast. One of the people we talked to actually said that there were many station out all across Canada so that is totally unacceptable.

Many of these stations have been out for months creating an unsafe situation for boaters.

https://weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=02

If you, our readers, have come across any other locations that are not functioning and you wish to report them should direct your information to Bernard Duguay, Weather information specialist, MSC National Inquiry Response Team ISO 9001:2015

Destination BC Bamfield Vancouver Island

Environment and Climate Change Canada

ECWeather-Météo (EC) email: ec.ecweather-meteo.ec@canada.ca

Environment Canada Ser: C0806G1NI7 NIRT:0005291

Related Articles

Video Gallery

Nimbus 365 Coupe – A real long-stay cruising boat for exploring

By Andy Adams

There is no shortage of fun and exciting new boat designs hitting the market, but for the last few years these have been mainly outboard-powered day boats. Some are day cruisers; some are centre console fishing boats or designed for tow sports. A new live-aboard cabin boat has become a rare item these days.

So when I heard that Pride Marine in Orillia, Ontario, had a Nimbus 365 Coupe in the water, I jumped at the chance to get out on it.

Read More

Destinations

Tahiti—Updates from Paradise

By Zuzana Prochaska

I’ve been to Tahiti seven times—six on charter and once as crew for a couple of yachties. Over the 25 years that I’ve been visiting, it’s changed dramatically. Yet, inexplicably, it has also stayed the same.

Lounging on the flybridge of our Sunsail 454, I had time to think about this dichotomy as I toasted the nighttime skies of Bora Bora and specifically the Southern Cross, a constellation that never fails to hypnotize. As the Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982) tune reminds us:

…you understand now why you came this way.

Read More

Lifestyle