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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 18 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
8.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 2PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (18 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (18 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
2.5
W
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111212121111111111101010101010101077766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13101083940897826710798534462415399404355305273279425384324570445316165115
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
3.27
1:19AM
3.27
1:38PM
3.28
1:50AM
3.41
2:23PM
3.22
2:23AM
3.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.84
7:08PM
0.59
7:29AM
0.58
7:42PM
0.67
8:10AM
0.38
8:17PM
0.81
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise7:30-------7:28-------7:26-------
Sunset---7:31-------7:32-------7:35----
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1245757411144257631------
Temp. °C9910101099991010101010101097765555
Feels °C (?)7777766777898787620-4-4-3-3-2
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