NW-P-1529-26
PAN PANMilitary exercise area WG active in the Strait of Georgia (Winchelsea/Ballenas area)
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Activeuntil 05 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC (in 12 h)Military Exercise Area WG will be active for surface, subsurface and air activities on 05 Nov 2026 causing the area to be extremely hazardous and closed to marine traffic. Entry is prohibited under the Defence Controlled Access Area Regulations. Safe passage is available within 0.5 nm north of Winchelsea Island and within 0.5 nm east of Ballenas Island. Contact Winchelsea Island Control on VHF Channel 10 for information.
Do not enter the closed military zone; use the designated safe passage corridors near Winchelsea and Ballenas Islands and contact Winchelsea Island Control on VHF Channel 10 for information.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity high
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Strait of Georgia
- Validity
- From 04 Nov 2026, 23:41 UTC
Until 05 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC2026-11-04 23:41 UTC To 2026-11-05 23:30 UTC - Activity periods
- 05 Nov 2026, 15:30 UTC - 05 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC (Activity period: 05 Nov 2026 1530 UTC to 05 Nov 2026 2330 UTC)
- Hazards
- surface live activities, subsurface live activities, air activities, closed military zone
- Keep clear
- 0.5 NMSafe passage is available within 0.5nm North of Winchelsea Island and within 0.5 nm East of Ballenas Island.
- References
- NOTMAR F35 - Annual Edition
- Charts
- 3512(NAD83)
Contacts
- VHF Channel 10 · Winchelsea Island Control
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC VictoriaCanada57 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Bowen IslandJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM22 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TexadaJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160014VHF 40range 40 NM30 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Watts PointJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160010VHF 40range 40 NM35 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Mount ParkeJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM38 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Annacis IslandJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM41 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 05 Nov 2026, 00:48 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.