New update for 8:27PM - Advisory remains in BC but northern California is now under a warning.

Same time and impact for Tofino. 11:30PM less than 30cm/1ft.

https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2025/07/29/t06p1k/5/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt

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Japanese news (english interpreted) is live here with updated information as it comes in. Have seen up to 50cm/20in so far but more waves are coming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0lYkdA-Gtw

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Even though the Advisory is "only" predicting 30cm (1ft), this still implies that serious and dangerous ocean currents will occur so you SHOULD NOT go anywhere near the waters edge.

DO NOT GO TO THE WATERS EDGE. STAY AWAY.

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This is what the Russia earthquake looked like on the Alberniweather Raspberry Shake sensor (which is literally under my stairs lol). This never ceases to amaze me!!

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If you are wondering what the difference between a Watch, Advisory and Warning is, BC Emergency Info has a good graphic.
https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunami-29jul25/

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Port Alberni residents:

If a Warning is issued and the Tsunami Siren activates you must leave the inundation zone. The zone is the brown area in the map below. Try not to cross a bridge except Redford Extension.

People outside the zone do not evacuate.

Good gathering places:

3rd and Argyle
Echo Centre
Walmart/CanTire (up Johnston or from McLean Mill)
Tseshaht Market

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full PDF map: https://www.acrd.bc.ca/dms/documents/emergency-planning/2024/2024_tsunami_zone_map.pdf

On the off chance a Warning is issued and the Tsunami Siren sounds, you will be able to hear it in all its glory on my backyard pond cam.

The nearest siren speaker is at Redford St and 4th Ave, just 1.5 blocks from Alberniweather HQ. I am just above the inundation zone.

It’s quite something to hear! (we last heard it after the Alaska quake in the very early morning of January 23, 2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQfJ09QWUbY

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If predictions are correct, the first waves (max 30cm) should be arriving at Langara point on the extreme northwest tip of the west coast of Canada/Haida Gwaii in 5 minutes (10:05PM PDT)

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Looks like ever so slight variance/waves coming into Langara Island on Haida Gwaii as measured at the Henslung Cove station on Langara Island. Maybe a few centimetres. You can see it best by looking at the gap between the red and black (observation and prediction) lines, or the blue line on the bottom.

Maybe 10-15cm? We'll wait for the official word from the TWC on what they measured.

https://tides.gc.ca/en/stations/09958

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The water is very obviously receding on the beach at Hanalei in Hawaii. Beach and rocks exposed and current moving left to right out amazing to see

Now coming back in
https://www.youtube.com/live/lVy5nLWruu0?si=FyyeVjZAyUg8E0Mm

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Hawaii information update: Largest wave measured so far in Hawaii: 1.2m (4f) at Haleiwa.

https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/2025/07/29/25210002/7/WEHW40/WEHW40.txt

No official observations from BC yet but we should get one at the next update.

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Port Alberni residents: You can safely see the data from the Port Alberni tide station here:

Mobile: https://tides.gc.ca/en/water-level-application-optimized-mobile-devices (click the blue bar and search for Port Alberni)

Or Web: https://tides.gc.ca/en/stations

The red line is the observed height, the black predicted. We are also at low tide.

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To emphasize that this is a long-duration event, nearly an hour after the predicted time waves would appear at Langara on Haida Gwaii, we are now seeing much more obvious waves on the station there. This is still only about 5cm.

This could mean we might see tiny variations in Tofino and Port Alberni to start in the next 15-30min, but could see much larger variations and currents in the midnight to 12:30 timeframe.

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Now there's a proper (small) tsunami wave signal!
From the Henslung Cove tide station on Langara Island, Haida Gwaii BC (NW tip of BC coast). In about 10 minutes the tide gauge rose to:
1737mm
and fell to
1569mm
then back up to 1669mm

That is a wave of 168mm or 16.8cm or 6.6 inches followed by a second of 10cm so far.

The period between the two peaks is 24 minutes.

As predicted, less than 1ft/30cm.
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Watching the currents in the Somass River at the head of the Alberni Inlet. I'm safely perched on a platform about 5 metres above the water.

The lights of the city and paper mill shining onto the water allow me to see how it is flowing. Have not noticed anything abnormal.

Also keeping an eye on data from tide gauges in Tofino, Bamfield (at the other end of the Inlet) and here. Nothing significant has registered.

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Latest update 12:20AM says Langara Island on Haida Gwaii BC experienced a maximum wave of 6cm or 0.2ft. (2.4inches)

https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2025/07/29/t06p1k/9/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt

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just saw a meteor ☄️

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nothing noticeable on the gauge at Port Alberni or here on the river.

I see it took about 10 minutes for a wave to go from Tofino south to Banfield.

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looks like the water is still receding. It's a little harder to see here on the river. But on the gauge, it is already 20 cm below The Peak. Wow

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My phone died... of course. so it is on the charger in the car and I am on my laptop tethered. The tide gauge is bumping along the bottom lol or something... I'm going to wait for the next wave before I go home.

Winter Harbour on the North Island, also up an Inlet, measured a 27cm wave on the 1:20AM update from NWC. I expect we will be close to that.

NWC #10 https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2025/07/29/t06p1k/10/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt

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here is a video from the height of the first wave here in Port Alberni. At about 1:10 AM PDT

The buoy is swaying back-and-forth in the beam of light reflecting in the river. What you can't see is the ripples of the water in the stuff flowing up.

At the tide station about 3.5km down the inlet (toward the sea) from where I am, the difference between the peak of the wave around 1:10AM and the low at 1:47AM is 39cm.

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The water is returning now. Here's a picture of that buoy. Interesting little ripples. There is no wind so it's all just river and tide current.

The gauge is showing the water coming back up toward normal level. We should be at full flood for the tide right now. We'll see if we go back above the predicted tide.

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It is definitely coming in again. Wave number two and a heron just scared the out of me.

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water is noticeably higher than last time. That's thanks to the natural tide coming up as well as the tsunami. Amazing. A second wave. I think might be larger than the first one.

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The tide just rushed in. This is amazing.

The tide gauge is way above the prediction and above the level for high tide, which is not supposed to happen for another two hours.

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Back in the car charging the phone back up.

The difference between the low of the first tsunami wave and the high of the second tsunami wave was over 1 metre due to the addition of the rising tide!

1.056m or 3ft! This combines with the rising tide. It will be very interesting to see what the official wave measurement is.

2:19AM TWC update (#11) had the first wave at 1.2ft

https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2025/07/29/t06p1k/11/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt

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here is a kind of a before and an after. One picture is at 2:44 AM and one is at 3:22 AM.

See the difference in the shoreline. The light colour above the dark water.

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The water at the tide gauge is coming back in for a third wave.

I have a slightly different view, stay tuned!

We are also close to natural high tide. I am worried we might start to see fishermen putting in the water.

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third wave definitely coming in now.

We are also near high tide,

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all right, I am calling it a night. Or morning I guess lol.

The third wave has come in and looks quite a bit smaller than the other two. Definitely not nearly as long period of flood, but that might also be because the natural tide is at Slack and high tide

Here are a couple more comparisons. This time from low of the second wave to high of the third.

good night all :-)

tides.gc.ca
to see the gauges.

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The tide gauge at Port Alberni is still showing the tsunami is active in the harbour and river. Look at the difference between the shape of the curve around the last cycle of low and high tide compared to this cycle this morning and overnight.

I am sure there are still strong currents. Really hoping that nobody is in the river. It's hot today and people will want to swim. It could still be dangerous.

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Here is a short 10 minute recap compiling all the videos of the three waves as I saw them early this morning!

https://youtu.be/MidYfvvUSlw?si=cc8oRX4-LobqiETg

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The Tsunami water is *still* sloshing around in Alberni harbour (and Inlet presumably)!

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