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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman 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	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.6 SW	-	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s)	-	-	16	10	10	7	14	10	14	10	10	9	-	8	-	-	-	8	19	-	8	9
Energy	0	0	987	237	239	432	296	138	272	461	163	876	0	52	0	0	0	1737	455	0	365	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 3.87	10:05PM 3.42	11:34AM 2.73		10:53PM 3.59	12:29PM 2.88		11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99	2:08PM 1.92	12:26AM 3.92		2:55PM 4.85	8:17PM 4.81	5:38AM 4.53		2:20AM 3.70			2:53AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 1.10			5:20AM 0.81			5:57AM 0.15	4:56PM 1.54		6:49AM -0.05	5:51PM 1.58		12:40PM -0.12		1:17AM 3.66	1:29PM -0.13		8:21PM 1.42	9:38AM -0.16	2:16PM -0.00	8:47PM 1.57	10:24AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	13	15	19	17	18	24	21	20	26	18	21	13	21	19	19	13	17	19	15	16
Low °C	13	16	12	13	18	16	17	23	21	20	25	16	19	13	14	15	18	11	14	17	11	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	13	15	19	17	18	24	21	20	26	18	21	11	21	19	19	11	17	19	14	16
Sunrise	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	10:21	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.2 W	-	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	7	7	10	6	10	10	9	-	8	-	-	-	20	8	-	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	18	18	16	-	4	-	-	-	14	19	-	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park 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	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	18	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	10	8	10	-	15	7	15	14	14	8	10	10	14
Energy	1115	0	0	0	0	734	987	685	607	237	153	239	0	679	432	350	323	296	122	138	383	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:40PM 3.87		9:59PM 3.68					12:07PM 1.77		5:43PM 4.25	10:53PM 3.59					1:12PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32AM 1.10							5:03AM 0.40								5:57AM 0.15			4:56PM 1.54	6:24PM 2.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	16	17	16	11	13	12	13	15	18	18	20	16	17	16	17	18	24	23	13	21
Chill °C (?)	11	15	16	17	16	10	13	12	13	15	18	18	20	16	17	16	17	18	24	23	13	21
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	-	16	10	6	6	10	8	10	-	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	5	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) 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	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1154	1115	1115	1115	901	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	680	734	782	936	987	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												4:40PM 3.87					9:54PM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	11	12	15	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	15	13	11	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	12	15	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	10	11	13	13	12
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	10	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	5

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