Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 PST
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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
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (27 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (27 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.4
S
1.1
SW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)12118111112111014141413131313131312181616141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336198234293118617451230634302297293289289284222219212193194211477507632604
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
0
WNW
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffglassoffoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
2.62
4:37PM
2.63
6:21AM
2.72
5:55PM
2.52
7:08AM
2.86
7:18PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
1.74
11:28PM
0.90
12:19PM
1.58
12:23AM
1.02
1:30PM
1.31
1:19AM
1.13
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
Sunrise-7:48-------7:50-------7:52------
Sunset---4:30-------4:29-------4:29----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C888877787799888988998776
Feels °C (?)223444444467555655675443
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