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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Rosie's Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Sombrio 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	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island
Rating	0	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	2.4 WNW	1.4 W	-
Period(s)	-	16	10	10	7	8	10	14	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	9	-
Energy	0	1031	237	239	385	122	311	316	436	132	180	59	0	0	0	0	0	575	0	1523	487	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 3.87	10:05PM 3.42	11:34AM 2.73		10:53PM 3.59	1:12PM 1.85		11:40PM 3.93	1:55PM 4.09	2:08PM 1.92	12:18AM 3.22			8:17PM 4.81	5:38AM 4.53		9:03PM 4.84			3:14AM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)			5:20AM 0.81			6:22AM 0.10	6:24PM 2.24		7:33AM 0.40	5:51PM 1.58		8:18AM -0.23		1:17AM 3.66	1:29PM -0.13		2:16AM 3.53	9:30AM 0.25	2:16PM -0.00	9:16PM 1.36	10:19AM 0.39	3:02PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	15	19	17	21	13	21	15	26	21	13	22	20	17	19	19	13	15	13	14	16
Low °C	16	12	13	18	16	18	12	19	13	25	16	12	21	14	16	18	12	11	15	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	17	13	15	19	17	21	13	21	15	26	21	12	22	20	17	19	19	12	15	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-
Sunset	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	10:24	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	1.0 SW	1.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	7	8	10	6	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	18	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	18	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	13	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Rosie's Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	10	8	10	-	15	7	15	14	8	8	10	10	14	14	18
Energy	0	0	0	697	1031	1011	603	237	153	239	0	575	385	345	317	122	122	311	371	393	316	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 3.87		9:54PM 3.52					12:07PM 1.77		5:43PM 4.25	10:39PM 3.50					1:12PM 1.85				11:40PM 3.93
Low Tide / height (m)						5:00AM 0.45	5:03AM 0.40								5:57AM 0.15				6:24PM 2.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	13	13	10	13	15	18	18	20	16	17	16	17	21	23	13	13	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	12	13	8	13	15	18	18	20	16	17	16	17	21	23	13	12	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	10	16	6	10	8	10	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	16	9	16	16	16	16	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	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	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Rosie's Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	677	697	682	1010	1031	1037	1095	1011	1011	738	603	607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						4:40PM 3.87					9:54PM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:00AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	8	8	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	16	10	10	10	16	16	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	9	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	10	5	5	6	10	10	6	-	-

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