British-Columbia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

British-Columbia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the British-Columbia region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island
Rating	1	0	0	4	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	0	3	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	-	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s)	10	-	-	21	8	11	18	-	-	16	11	-	8	8	8	7	18	10	7	9	11	8
Energy	72	0	0	1013	83	47	840	0	0	669	243	0	523	151	122	369	365	161	555	217	177	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:46PM 3.17		8:23PM 3.17	9:55AM 3.88		9:07PM 3.34		4:40PM 3.87	10:05PM 3.42	11:34AM 2.73	5:43PM 4.25	10:53PM 3.59	1:12PM 1.85		11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99	2:08PM 1.92	12:26AM 3.92		2:55PM 4.85	1:21AM 3.80
Low Tide / height (m)	2:50AM 1.96	8:06AM 2.05	6:44PM 2.43	3:11AM 1.16		3:41PM 1.82	4:07AM 0.80	9:32AM 1.10			5:20AM 0.81			6:22AM 0.10	4:56PM 1.54		6:49AM -0.05	5:51PM 1.58		7:51AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	13	16	11	13	12	12	15	17	12	14	20	16	20	23	21	20	26	23	22	14	16
Low °C	10	12	15	9	11	12	9	13	16	12	12	17	15	17	22	20	20	25	19	21	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	9	13	12	11	15	17	10	14	20	16	20	23	21	20	26	23	22	14	16
Sunrise	-	5:07	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	10:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	10:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	1.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	-	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.4 W
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	16	11	-	8	8	8	7	7	10	7	9	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 W	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	21	10	11	18	-	-	5	16	-	15	14	14	14	10	18	9	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-
Period(s)	15	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	20	20	8	8	11	10	10	18	18	18	-
Energy	410	461	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1013	1968	1416	83	59	47	323	358	840	1154	1115	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:44PM 2.91						1:46PM 3.17							9:55AM 3.88				10:12PM 4.46
Low Tide / height (m)						8:06AM 2.05			6:44PM 2.43			3:04AM 1.29				3:41PM 1.82				4:09AM 0.70		9:32AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	12	13	15	16	15	13	9	9	10	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	15	14	12	8	8	10	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	18	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	20	20	10	10	11	19	19	18	18	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy	383	384	410	421	430	461	182	180	72	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 2.91																		1:46PM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)										2:50AM 1.96						8:06AM 2.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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