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Rosie's Bay surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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Rosie's Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rosie's Bay sea temperature is
8.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rosie's Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rosie's Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

Table - waves today at Rosie's Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)171615151414131413131312121212111111111918181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99135237288366401482490454461330309243239235193151149146192235399381628
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
0
S
5
NW
0
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off		glassoffglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
3.01
11:14AM
3.57
12:48AM
3.10
11:54AM
3.62
1:20AM
3.18
12:32PM
3.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
1.98
6:19PM
0.63
6:00AM
1.87
6:52PM
0.56
6:39AM
1.76
7:23PM
0.52
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---8:11-------8:10-------8:08----
Sunset-----4:55-------4:57-------4:59--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9999910999999998888899888
Feels °C (?)666667766666665555566565
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