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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 19 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
0.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.9
ENE
1.2
E
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)846771112121211101010101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41269279942503032682321551151128280794634261917801409868
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NNE
35
NNW
35
NW
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
50
W
40
W
30
W
20
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
1.13
8:15PM
1.39
10:11AM
1.18
8:59PM
1.37
10:43AM
1.23
9:44PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.17
2:26PM
0.88
3:18AM
0.15
3:09PM
0.83
3:51AM
0.16
3:52PM
0.77
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-7:39-------7:37-------7:37------
Sunset---4:45-------4:46-------4:47----
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part cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
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light snow
light snow
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C00110-2-1-210-1-3-5-5-8-11-12-11-11-10-9-8-8-9
Feels °C (?)-6-7-8-8-7-9-7-8-7-10-9-14-16-16-20-24-25-24-24-23-20-17-15-14
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