Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
-1.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 3AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNW
1.3
SSE
0.1
SE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.4
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.5
SE
0.7
N
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)658566664558877787888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57627466544639347811168681581761453352583650503622
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.35
7:44AM
1.14
6:23PM
1.39
8:18AM
1.19
7:27PM
1.43
8:47AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.12
12:25PM
0.88
1:29AM
0.12
1:23PM
0.73
2:13AM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:39-------6:37--
Sunset5:45-------5:45-------5:47-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-2-3-10122-1-4-6-7-8-10-10-10-11-12-12-11-10-11-11-10-8
Feels °C (?)-10-11-9-6-3-2-1-7-12-15-16-17-20-19-20-21-22-22-20-19-20-20-19-17
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