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Sandy Island

49.62°N · 124.85°W

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Best score for the day · 11 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 27 · 10 PM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
27
Tough
Tide
10.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.2 m chop
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
56% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 27 Tough. Tide 10.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 3kn E G4. Sea 0.2 m chop Flat. Air 14.9°.
Why this score
Current
0.2 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 – Mar 31 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record retained halibut.
Other species here
Copper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Closed
Always check with DFO

Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
0-91 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

Sandy Island sits off Comox, British Columbia, marking a sand-bottom drop-off that falls through 0 to 90 feet across a mid-exposure stretch of water. Chinook Salmon peak here from June through August and Coho Salmon run from May into September, with anglers working trolling spoons, anchovy, and hootchies over the slope for both. Lingcod hold to the structure with peaks in January through March and again May through September, taken on metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, while Pacific Halibut move through March to July and respond to drift jigging along the deeper sand. Black Rockfish concentrate from June to August and take metal jigs and soft plastic swimbaits, alongside Copper and Canary Rockfish and Pacific Cod that share the same bottom. The drop-off edge itself is the key feature, letting boats stage bait presentations along the change in depth as tides move fish across the sand.

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