Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 26 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
-1.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)--
Afternoon (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
N
0.1
N
1.5
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)68888888888881281366566767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3977737350494837363628202023207510058525143
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
1.30
5:57AM
1.05
3:48PM
1.31
7:01AM
1.09
5:11PM
1.35
7:44AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
0.21
9:55AM
1.03
11:31PM
0.16
11:15AM
0.99
12:37AM
0.12
12:25PM
0.88
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset5:42-------5:43-------5:45-------
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C221-1-2-4-4-6-8-8-7-7-8-8-4-1-2-202222-1
Feels °C (?)-4-5-5-6-7-10-12-15-16-15-14-13-13-13-10-9-11-11-8-4-2-1-1-6
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