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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 28 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
-0.3° 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 8PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 28). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.2
SSE
0.5
N
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
N
0.7
NNW
Period(s) (?)77127788777771414141414171717161688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47341424293329181794444444665555558
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
1.31
5:46AM
1.03
4:00PM
1.35
7:04AM
1.08
5:10PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00AM
0.89
10:23PM
0.23
10:06AM
0.97
11:37PM
0.13
11:17AM
0.99
12:44AM
0.04
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise-------7:28-------7:28-------7:26
Sunset-4:58--------5:00-------5:00-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-8-7-8-8-7-8-10-10-9-8-10-11-10-9-10-10-8-6-2-3-2-4-6-7
Feels °C (?)-17-16-17-17-16-17-19-18-17-16-17-17-18-17-18-18-16-15-12-13-12-14-16-16
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