Ingonish Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Breton Island (3 breaks) / Nova Scotia (20 breaks) /

Canada (58 breaks) / Lat Long: (46.64° N 60.39° W)

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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 ADT

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Ingonish Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ingonish Beach sea temperature is 18.8° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 6PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (30 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

Table - waves today at Ingonish Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	49	91	200	320	284	207	133	88	63	52	59	38	37	36	58	59	65	59	48	38	20	19	15	11
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	WSW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:15PM 0.87				1:25AM 1.15					3:13PM 0.80			2:06AM 1.13					4:26PM 0.75			2:58AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				7:20PM 0.72				8:34AM 0.36				7:53PM 0.78					9:35AM 0.39			8:35PM 0.83

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	20	21	18	16	16	16	15	16	17	18	18	15	15	14	15	17
Feels °C (?)	14	18	18	15	15	15	14	16	20	18	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	13	12	11	12	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Breton Island

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Ingonish Beach (light winds from the WSW at Ingonish Beach Cs- NS 3 km from Ingonish Beach). 1.2m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 0.3m 9s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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