Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 4AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1689101010101111111111111110101010101010121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2265028269398969549018678788076946175245845624764023943332842472731631592
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
W
25
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
30
ESE
40
E
30
SE
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
3.50
4:01PM
2.92
3:41AM
3.44
4:58PM
2.71
4:28AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
0.99
9:40AM
0.26
9:34PM
1.20
10:32AM
0.34
10:19PM
1.41
11:32AM
0.48
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:20-------7:18-------7:16---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:40
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
221----------------191152
Temp. °C776656665443457776664498
Feels °C (?)00-101210000-101334420-3-532
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