Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 23 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
-0.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 6AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
3
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)111111111110105689101088888877688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8279797571634784151444971128713309649398027163011638243201617
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
N
5
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
40
N
45
N
45
NNW
40
NNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
1.31
11:39AM
1.38
1:20AM
1.23
12:16PM
1.37
2:30AM
1.14
1:01PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
0.65
6:25PM
0.10
6:33AM
0.78
7:22PM
0.11
7:22AM
0.89
8:27PM
0.14
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:58-------6:56-------6:54----
Sunset------7:16-------7:17-------7:20-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-6-6-7-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-4-5-5-5-6-5-3110-6
Feels °C (?)-10-10-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-15-14-15-15-16-14-12-13-11-10-7-8-8-15
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