Live conditions, coastwide

Should you go fishing today?

Tides up and down the entire BC coast, plus river flow and run signals for the Fraser system, pulled straight from DFO and ECCC. Every number carries its own "as of" time so you know exactly how fresh it is.

You need a licence before you fishSaltwater / tidal waters (salmon, halibut, rockfish, crab, prawn): get a BC Tidal Waters sport fishing licence (DFO).Lakes, rivers & streams (trout, char, kokanee): get a BC freshwater fishing licence (Province of BC).

Fishing a specific lake or river?

Search any BC lake or river by name and get its rules directly, no region to pick first.

Sand Heads2.67 mCurrently falling

Predicted for right now · synced 4h ago

Victoria1.06 mCurrently falling

Predicted for right now · synced 4h ago

Tofino1.18 mCurrently rising

Predicted for right now · synced 4h ago

Prince Rupert1.98 mCurrently rising

Predicted for right now · synced 4h ago

Find your zone

Every BC tidal management area, mapped, from Haida Gwaii to the Fraser mouth, each with its own current salmon, halibut, rockfish, and crab rules.

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Fraser system signals

The Fraser is BC's single biggest salmon system and the one with the richest real-time data, so it gets its own dedicated strip here. This is one river system, not the whole coast.

Fraser River at Hope5.46 mDischarge 3,400 m³/s, steady over the last 48h

As of 4h ago

Albion test fishery signalbegins in early April of each year and fishes daily until the end of November.

As of 4h ago

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Salmon escapement (NuSEDS)Historical spawner counts, Fraser and BC Interior. Refreshed quarterly, always a season behind.

As of 4h ago

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