[Michael Luce]

Recognizing the brand-name technology issue noted above (buying another device), but, for what it’s worth to anyone, I can report that I got unlimited, “free” good,  useful and seemingly accurate local forecasts to my locations all the way from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy last summer on a Garmin InReach with the expedition subscription.  At least as accurate as the usual online forecasts, and more useful, more locally accurate,  than the Environment Canada regional marine forecasts over VHF.   The prediction is every 2 hours the first 24 hr, farther apart the next day, and can then be updated.  I can request the update any hour of the day or night, and it usually arrives within 10 minutes. They also offer marine forecasts, but they will not give you a marine forecast at your location if your location is not 20 miles offshore, i.e. you are not in a location that marine forecasts are designed for.  They give land-location near-shore forecasts.  You can ask for the forecast at a future or distant location by asking for that location, which is easy if you have that waypoint already stored, or build that new waypoint.  I might  carry 3 current forecasts to preview a long day’s journey down the coast. I get similar good forecasts inland here in state of Washington.  A forecast costs you 1 message, so they are “free” on the bigger subscription, but might cost extra 0.50 on a cheaper limited subscription.