Ingonish Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Breton Island (3 breaks) / Nova Scotia (20 breaks) /

Canada (58 breaks) / Lat Long: (46.64° N 60.39° W)

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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 18.7° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 12AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	-	-
Evening (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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	Mon 15		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	N	N	N	N	N	SE	SE	ESE	NNE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	11	11	7	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	57	51	54	55	43	33	81	73	69	100	45	41	36	22	14	20	18	14	14	19	7	18	12	12
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:29PM 0.93			2:43AM 1.17						6:05PM 0.92			4:03AM 1.14					7:17PM 0.95			5:30AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		8:57PM 0.85					10:24AM 0.09				10:11PM 0.89				11:45AM 0.10				11:33PM 0.86					12:56PM 0.10

	Mon 15		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	13	14	16	16	16	14	11	11	11	12	16	21	23	22	19	18	18	17	18	22	23
Feels °C (?)	11	9	9	9	10	12	10	11	10	8	9	9	9	13	18	20	19	16	15	15	14	14	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Breton Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ingonish Beach (calm at Ingonish Beach Airport 3 km from Ingonish Beach). 0.8m 4s local chop from the NNW with a 0.7m 8s swell from the SE and a 0.4m 5s windswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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