Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 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
-1.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
1.6
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.5
NNW
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)88811109999988776689988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196181120768940450644330122729195644336222138302726161515
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WNW
35
NW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
5
WSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
1.06
3:18PM
1.26
6:37AM
1.09
4:52PM
1.24
7:26AM
1.13
6:17PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
1.02
11:01PM
0.20
11:00AM
0.99
12:15AM
0.22
12:22PM
0.87
1:15AM
0.26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise-6:50-------6:48-------6:47------
Sunset----7:22-------7:23-------7:24---
mod rain
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
9-----------------------
Temp. °C41-2-3-4-6-7-8-9-8-7-6-7-9-9-9-9-7-5-4-4-5-5-4
Feels °C (?)-2-5-12-14-15-16-17-17-17-15-14-14-15-16-15-15-14-12-10-10-11-12-12-11
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