Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
8.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 3AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)9888816165677778881414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181140108846381951233523555652931181631521151111051029089878786
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
25
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
NW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
0
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
10
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
2.80
10:38AM
3.02
11:36PM
2.97
11:33AM
3.09
12:10AM
3.11
12:21PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.35
5:12PM
0.64
5:32AM
1.09
5:54PM
0.66
6:16AM
0.84
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:07-------7:05-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:50-------7:51
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C655444686432245544444677
Feels °C (?)112111-1-3-4-5-3-3-201211000211
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