Ingonish Beach surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 28 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
-1.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
N
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)998778886898888888888894
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)287222131885841302922213733322415151515151466816
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
1.09
4:52PM
1.24
7:26AM
1.13
6:17PM
1.25
8:01AM
1.17
7:29PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
0.99
12:15AM
0.22
12:22PM
0.87
1:15AM
0.26
1:26PM
0.71
2:04AM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-6:48-------6:47-------6:45------
Sunset----7:23-------7:24-------7:27---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------1-1-2
Temp. °C-8-8-7-6-7-9-9-9-10-8-5-4-4-5-4-3-3-1254353
Feels °C (?)-16-15-14-13-14-15-14-14-15-14-9-10-9-11-10-10-9-7-4-1-3-6-3-5
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