Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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Wickaninnish surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wickaninnish sea temperature is
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 6AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)1111101099889999999999121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)839643433365312331423413429396336281227227189181225211480456364350284231
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
3.31
2:25PM
3.03
2:09AM
3.29
3:05PM
2.91
2:39AM
3.23
3:45PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.96
8:07AM
0.42
8:09PM
1.10
8:43AM
0.42
8:40PM
1.26
9:20AM
0.48
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:55-------7:57-------7:59
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--12323631--------------
Temp. °C888667877889910101010101099111213
Feels °C (?)665223433457797778876889
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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