Ambleside Park Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Vancouver Island, Canada)

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Ambleside Park Surf Guide

Ambleside Park in Vancouver Island is a sheltered beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the southeast. Short period wind swells are the rule and the best wave direction is from the northwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Even when there are waves, it's not likley to be crowded.

Ambleside Park Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	13.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Ambleside Park:

The best conditions reported for surf at Ambleside Park occur when a Northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

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Interactive Ambleside Park surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Ambleside Park is Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada, 14 km (9 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Ambleside Park is Nanaimo Airport (YCD), also in Canada, 60 km (37 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Ambleside Park Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 22:24 Local Time

m, °C	Tue		Wed
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)
Period (s)	-	-	-	-
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Ambleside Park

Current tide and informaton

For Vancouver, British Columbia, 5 km from Ambleside Park.

Next High Water: 07:21am | 3.75m

Next Low Water: 03:51am | 3.48m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Ambleside Park Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.2 °C) at Ambleside Park is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (18.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite