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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 25 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
0.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 4PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
1.6
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.8
N
0.5
N
0.9
NNE
1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
2.3
E
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2
NNW
1.3
N
1
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)111111998887644556789788877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444404273190257186582029377113833969375076974469146418610460
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
25
N
35
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
1.27
1:25AM
1.11
1:21PM
1.27
2:44AM
1.05
2:02PM
1.29
4:14AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04PM
0.48
7:09AM
0.64
8:04PM
0.40
8:01AM
0.78
9:10PM
0.32
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-------7:31-------7:31-------7:30
Sunset-4:53-------4:54-------4:57------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-12-12-12-11-10-10-10-10-7-6-7-7-6-6-5-6-7-5-7-7-7-6-7-7
Feels °C (?)-23-23-23-20-18-17-16-15-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-16-15-15-18-18-17-16-16-15
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