Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 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
9.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 1PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.5
SW
0.9
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414148891414131313111119198161218181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1071039694617594154153144130166276188184214148105129224270276276273
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SE
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
2.33
5:12AM
2.72
7:45PM
2.30
6:18AM
2.61
8:59PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
0.89
11:12PM
1.86
12:38PM
1.00
12:26AM
1.94
1:49PM
1.03
2:01AM
1.91
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:46-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset----8:02-------8:05-------8:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C799988888101010101010991111109899
Feels °C (?)465556566766788777767687
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