Northern Expedition sailing delayed due to weather; revised schedule in place

Sailing Delays for the Northern Expedition. The BC Ferry vessel will
hold in Port in Skidegate until this evening owing to a
Storm Warning for Hecate Strait

Another round of stormy weather has knocked the Northern Expedition off of its regular schedule, with BC Ferries advising earlier this morning with a Service Notice that the vessel's planned 10AM departure has been delayed until 6PM tonight.

With that, a revised schedule is now in place for the next 48 hours.

That schedule revision is weather dependent and will impact operations at Skidegate, Prince Rupert, Bella Bella and Port Hardy.

A Storm Warning is now in effect for Hecate Strait, with winds of 50 knots this morning, diminishing through the afternoon and into tomorrow. Seas were at 4 metres this morning and will subside through the day into Tuesday.

You can get the latest Service updates from BC Ferries here, along with advisories from their twitter feed here.

More notes related to BC Ferries service on the North Coast and Haida Gwaii can be explored here.