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Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 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
0.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ingonish Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ingonish Beach at 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
NNW
0.3
SE
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
SSE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1212121111101010101010101010101099991010510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309309232183142129827976453223581678986964403916162615
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
S
25
SSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
40
WSW
45
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
35
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
1.39
10:11AM
1.18
8:59PM
1.37
10:43AM
1.23
9:44PM
1.34
11:14AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.15
3:09PM
0.83
3:51AM
0.16
3:52PM
0.77
4:26AM
0.20
4:36PM
0.71
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---7:37-------7:37-------7:35----
Sunset-----4:46-------4:47-------4:49--
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clear
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light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-3-31-1-2-3-5-4-9-11-12-11-11-9-9-8-7-8-7-6-2121
Feels °C (?)-8-8-6-11-13-12-14-15-22-24-25-24-24-21-19-16-14-14-12-11-8-5-4-5
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