Named spots
| Spot | Type | Depth | From nearest port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Harbour | port | – | 20 nm |
| Port Hardy | port | – | 20 nm |
| Winter Harbour | port | – | 24 nm |
| Barugh Shoal | bank | 14 fm | 27 nm |
| Breaker Ledge | bank | – | 49 nm |
| Bushby Rock | bank | 21 fm | 9 nm |
| Cape Scott | headland | – | 21 nm |
| Cape Sutil | headland | 4 fm | 6 nm |
| Cook Bank | bank | 40 fm | 28 nm |
| Cook Canyon | canyon | 110 fm | 37 nm |
| David Ledge | bank | 8 fm | 67 nm |
| Dellwood Knolls | bank | 896 fm | 85 nm |
| Dellwood Seamounts | bank | 629 fm | 104 nm |
| Dellwood Valley | canyon | 1134 fm | 93 nm |
| Dominis Rocks | bank | 38 fm | 12 nm |
| Egg Rocks | bank | 22 fm | 19 nm |
Nearby buoys
2026-10-30 23:00 UTC · NOAA NDBC 46207
2026-10-30 23:00 UTC · NOAA NDBC 46204
2026-10-30 23:00 UTC · NOAA NDBC 46147
2026-10-30 23:00 UTC · NOAA NDBC 46185
Latest NOAA NDBC observations. Satellite and in water readings may differ.
Fishing N. Vancouver Island / Q.C. Sound
North Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Sound is a tide swept, structure rich coast, and the chart is built to help you read the water from the capes out to the offshore banks. You fish out of Port Hardy, Winter Harbour and Bull Harbour and work the ground around Cape Scott, the Scott Islands, Triangle Island and the open Sound, where strong tides and upwelling concentrate bait against headlands and banks. Across all of it the productive water sits where temperature and color edges set up over that structure.
Read the chart as layers that work together. SST breaks mark the seams where water masses meet around the capes and out in the Sound. Chlorophyll color changes show where green, bait rich water edges against cleaner blue. Depth structure, Goose Island Bank and the offshore shelf, gathers that life into a smaller area. When a break, a color edge and a piece of structure line up, that overlap is where you start looking.
Chinook and coho salmon are the headline fishery, famous around the Nahwitti Bar, Cape Scott and the island humps, with halibut and lingcod on the banks and albacore offshore in warm years. The fish follow the bait and the tide lines, so the chart is intelligence for reading where the water is setting up, not a promise that fish are on a given edge today.
Treat this as a planning tool and not for navigation. This is exposed, tide driven water, so check the marine forecast, confirm current regulations and closures with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and run it with local knowledge.
What you get with ReelTemps
- Sea surface temperatureFind the temperature break
- Chlorophyll-aSpot the green-to-blue color seam
- Composite & single passBlended picture or the freshest overpass
- CompareTemperature and color side by side
- Depth readoutFathoms and feet on hover, tap or mark
- Currents & buoysSee the water move and ground-truth it
- Route, ruler & waypointsPlan the run and save your spots
From the water
I've tried every temp map out there and they all feel like they were built ten years ago. I'm not exactly a tech guy, but this one actually makes sense the second you open it. First time using it, I marked a break in about 30 seconds the night before and boated bluefin right on it the next morning.
Used to burn half a tank driving around looking for color change or a solid temp break. Now I check ReelTemps before I leave the dock and I know exactly where I'm going. Less time driving around guessing, more time with lines in the water. The weather forecast is always spot on too!
Albacore season used to mean a couple hours of homework the night before and just hoping it held up. Now I do most of my research that morning and pull it up on my phone if things change once we're out there. Makes calling an audible a lot easier.