Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 Mar 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
-1.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 8PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
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Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NNW
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.6
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)998776788766887710101011101077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82248330115094701497455381710999844444432223
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SE
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SW
45
SSW
40
SW
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
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
1.31
10:04PM
1.36
10:05AM
1.33
10:50PM
1.29
10:31AM
1.34
11:34PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.34
3:58AM
0.47
4:18PM
0.28
4:30AM
0.59
4:58PM
0.27
5:01AM
0.70
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:30-------6:28
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
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part cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C-13-12-11-12-12-13-14-12-9-7-8-11-11-11-10-7-30235678
Feels °C (?)-23-21-19-19-19-19-20-17-13-11-12-16-16-17-16-13-10-8-5-6-4-4-30
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