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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 31 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
-0.6° 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 2PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNW
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.5
NNE
0.9
NE
1.7
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
3.5
E
4
N
5
N
4.5
N
4
N
4
N
Period(s) (?)1615101588777666545791011910111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)541047274784934211710152516183921643822307527105072498639172836
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
45
NE
50
NE
55
NNE
55
N
50
N
55
N
50
NNW
45
N
40
N
35
NNW
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
1.13
6:17PM
1.46
8:48AM
1.17
7:20PM
1.50
9:26AM
1.21
8:19PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.95
1:41AM
-0.03
1:24PM
0.87
2:30AM
-0.04
2:18PM
0.76
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-7:26-------7:26-------7:24------
Sunset----5:02-------5:04-------5:06---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-4-5-5-5-6-7-7-8-9-9-5-4-3-1-1-2-1-2-10000-1
Feels °C (?)-15-16-16-15-14-14-13-13-14-13-10-9-10-10-12-14-14-15-13-13-12-11-10-10
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