Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 10 Apr 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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111219121212181818181818151515161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148239148180178175270276356395316270146146150343417298295229229177201196
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
SSE
15
SE
15
S
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
WSW
0
E
10
S
10
S
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
2.61
8:59PM
2.37
7:41AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
1.94
1:49PM
1.03
2:01AM
1.91
2:54PM
1.00
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset------8:06-------8:07-------8:08-
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1110101213121111111110101099888899998
Feels °C (?)98799910991097778766564553
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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