Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 ADT
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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
-1.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 5AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
N
0.6
SE
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.1
E
1.2
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)786668988888888895977778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59415135242137333216151515996278313021151523
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
40
WSW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
1.24
7:26AM
1.13
6:17PM
1.25
8:01AM
1.17
7:29PM
1.29
8:30AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.22
12:22PM
0.87
1:15AM
0.26
1:26PM
0.71
2:04AM
0.32
2:17PM
0.53
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:45-------6:43--
Sunset7:23-------7:24-------7:27-------
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clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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clear
part cloud
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cloud
light snow
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
-----------------42-----
Temp. °C-8-10-10-10-10-8-4-3-2-4-3-3-3-1342341-1000
Feels °C (?)-16-17-16-15-15-14-10-11-9-10-9-9-9-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-9-6-7-7
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