Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
3.3° C
(Which is 1.8°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 10AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (25 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (25 Dec)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sun
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
N
1.2
N
1
E
1
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.1
N
2.4
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
3
N
3
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
Period(s) (?)55611101078888888888991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)758583238442425420753850783825786808770988121714411992263933013196302127212493
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
45
N
45
NNW
50
N
50
N
50
NNW
55
NNW
55
NNW
55
NNW
60
NNW
60
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
45
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
1.16
11:20PM
1.18
1:13PM
1.18
12:19AM
1.12
1:48PM
1.20
1:30AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.21
5:43PM
0.85
6:14AM
0.28
6:39PM
0.78
6:57AM
0.38
7:38PM
0.69
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sun
28
Sunrise-7:43-------7:43-------7:45------
Sunset---4:17-------4:19-------4:19----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
Feels °C (?)-11-10-10-11-11-10-11-11-13-14-15-15-17-16-17-15-17-17-17-17-17-16-15-15
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