Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 31 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
-1.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 3PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
N
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
N
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.8
ENE
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.4
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)9887811688456667777676666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)745441323229271714361061391701822731812501801196951392718
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
1.22
8:31PM
1.32
8:56AM
1.27
9:25PM
1.33
9:22AM
1.31
10:13PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.53
2:45AM
0.40
3:00PM
0.37
3:21AM
0.50
3:39PM
0.25
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset----7:28-------7:29-------7:30---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0-1-1-2-4-5-5-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-3-4-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5
Feels °C (?)-8-8-7-7-10-11-11-10-12-11-11-8-9-8-9-11-12-12-10-9-9-9-9-9
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