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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 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
1.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 2PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (07 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.3
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2.4
ENE
1.9
E
1.5
E
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
0.9
NNE
1
NNW
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)888856788888888877666688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181818249024548762742024969092094382964345428577883624151212
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
E
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
40
NNW
50
NW
50
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
1.23
11:06PM
1.35
12:21PM
1.24
12:04AM
1.23
12:54PM
1.25
1:04AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
0.04
5:02PM
0.66
5:40AM
0.20
5:58PM
0.60
6:22AM
0.37
6:55PM
0.55
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-7:45-------7:45-------7:43------
Sunset---4:30-------4:30-------4:31----
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light snow
light snow
light snow
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light snow
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cloud
clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-5-20112222110-1-1-1-1-2-2-10-2-112
Feels °C (?)-9-6-6-5-6-6-6-5-6-6-9-12-13-11-10-9-9-9-7-4-6-5-5-6
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