Is It Calm Enough to Go Out?

Hour-by-hour wind windows for Tignish Run's lobster fleet, banded on the Beaufort scale — when it eases enough to work the boat today and tomorrow, with DFO and Environment Canada's own warnings alongside it.

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Day

Wind eases

Peak gusts

Tuesday, October 13

all day

45 km/h · Strong wind

How this page decides

Each hour is banded on the published Beaufort wind scale, read off the gusts — gusts are what build the chop and make a small boat hard to handle. Light: gusts under 20 km/h (Beaufort 0–3). Breezy: 20–38 (4–5). Strong wind: 39–61 (6–7, whitecaps and spray). Gale: 62–88 (8–9, dangerous for small craft). Violent: 89 km/h and up (10+). An easy window means daytime hours where gusts stay under about 38 km/h. No thresholds on this page are ours.

Reading it for your plans

Why this stretch is exposed

North Cape is the point where the Northumberland Strait ends and the open Gulf of St. Lawrence begins, and Tignish Run sits right below it — a Gulf-facing wind builds chop here with nothing to break it first.

The season already bends around the wind

DFO held the 2026 LFA 24 opening back three days from its planned date for weather, and extended the close by the same three days — up to four days either way is the rule they publish, not a one-off.

The official channels

Environment Canada — Northumberland Strait (western half) marine forecastCovers the water out to North Cape — this is where a Small Craft Warning for this stretch would show up.

DFO Gulf Region — lobster noticesWhere DFO announces a season delay or a mid-season change first.

Tignish, PE — Environment Canada point forecastThe everyday land forecast for Tignish, alongside the marine one above.