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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 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
1.1° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
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
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
E
1.9
ENE
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)101099998885677111212121111119101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8058106999588846641532581441172552642281641551199055715048
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
20
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
40
NNW
35
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
SW
15
S
35
SW
50
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
1.08
7:30PM
1.39
9:39AM
1.13
8:15PM
1.39
10:11AM
1.18
8:59PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
0.20
1:41PM
0.93
2:45AM
0.17
2:26PM
0.88
3:18AM
0.15
3:09PM
0.83
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:39-------7:39-------7:37------
Sunset---4:44-------4:45-------4:46----
light rain
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
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light snow
light snow
light snow
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C4000000000110-1-3-21-2-2-1-5-6-8-10
Feels °C (?)-5-6-3-3-4-4-3-4-6-7-9-8-7-7-8-8-8-15-11-10-17-17-20-23
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