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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 08 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
9.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 8AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (08 Feb)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (08 Feb)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111214141414141413131313131212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)159912421092112717672515294827822494247724412130206722302196202318971649154313321141955823631
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22AM
2.99
5:10PM
2.34
5:03AM
2.88
6:27PM
2.18
5:54AM
2.79
8:07PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
1.06
10:36PM
1.48
12:08PM
1.11
11:22PM
1.69
1:23PM
1.11
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---7:43-------7:41-------7:39----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:31-------5:34--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1161--122231------
Temp. °C877788886667898888779976
Feels °C (?)743366542323555555346533
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