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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 AST
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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
0.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 2AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
NNW
0.4
SE
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
N
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)101010999101010109999101055677699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)807774433131582486966544613916167230262312151320
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
45
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
30
SSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
1.37
10:43AM
1.23
9:44PM
1.34
11:14AM
1.25
10:31PM
1.29
11:45AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
0.83
3:51AM
0.16
3:52PM
0.77
4:26AM
0.20
4:36PM
0.71
5:02AM
0.27
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:37-------7:35-------7:35--
Sunset-------4:47-------4:49-------4:51
clear
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------2-------
Temp. °C-5-5-9-11-12-11-10-9-8-7-7-9-8-6-32321-1-2-4-4-4
Feels °C (?)-14-17-22-24-24-24-22-20-18-16-15-15-13-11-8-5-5-7-9-10-11-13-13-13
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