Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today (12 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 8PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Wickaninnish. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 16 | W 14 | SSW 16 | W 14 | W 14 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 482 | 476 | 411 | 330 | 394 | 399 | 432 | 432 | 336 | 310 | 315 | 283 | 454 | 491 | 491 | 491 | 356 | 348 | 487 | 487 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 1:48PM3.36m | 2:50AM2.93m | 2:20PM3.29m | 3:31AM2.79m | 2:53PM3.17m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:26PM0.32m | 8:22AM1.28m | 9:04PM0.40m | 8:56AM1.44m | 9:44PM0.53m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 16 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 13 | SSW 16 | W 13 | W 13 | SSW 18 | W 7 | WSW 8 | W 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 482 | 476 | 411 | 324 | 394 | 399 | 399 | 320 | 229 | 310 | 167 | 171 | 454 | 127 | 277 | 347 | 336 | 287 | 260 | 227 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 16 | W 13 | SSW 19 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 252 | 240 | 334 | 330 | 326 | 322 | 432 | 432 | 318 | 222 | 315 | 223 | 191 | 491 | 491 | 491 | 356 | 348 | 487 | 487 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | W 6 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 12 | W 12 |
| kJ | 70 | 71 | 117 | 90 | 165 | 336 | 288 | 288 | 336 | 216 | 140 | 283 | 36 | 188 | 188 | 188 | 186 | 186 | 103 | 72 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | — | SSE 5 | SE 5 | — | — | SE 4 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 19 | — | 15 | 10 | — | — | 4 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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