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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 12 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
1.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
1.8
N
2.3
N
2
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
0.9
N
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.2
SSE
0.2
N
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)710121011101010988879610109588666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53106216656116885743425712768331998444301111354956
Wind
(km/h)
75
W
60
W
60
W
55
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
1.25
4:37AM
0.92
3:22PM
1.25
5:58AM
0.92
4:11PM
1.27
7:06AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
0.81
9:54PM
0.44
9:14AM
0.90
10:54PM
0.41
10:07AM
0.96
11:53PM
0.37
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41
Sunset-4:36-------4:37-------4:37------
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------22
Temp. °C-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-6-2001000256766676
Feels °C (?)-20-18-18-16-14-12-13-13-10-8-7-6-6-5-6-5-2-1211232
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