Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 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
8.3° 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: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
1.3
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)129910101010881110101099999988989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)273166244301268186151716985135127117110106103787655523723196505
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
35
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
3.17
1:32PM
3.28
2:03AM
3.26
2:16PM
3.13
2:36AM
3.31
3:04PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
0.41
7:30AM
0.84
7:49PM
0.54
8:12AM
0.72
8:22PM
0.73
8:57AM
0.66
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----7:24-------7:22-------7:20--
Sunset-------5:49-------5:51-------5:52
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
2----------------------3
Temp. °C421112343222124433443564
Feels °C (?)0-3-3-3-3-3-20-1-3-3-3-4-3-1-2-2-3-2-2-4-2-3-4
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