Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 5PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (15 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
2
3
4
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)9910101010109999887815159141514141417
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)320392482120017398766415024273592992783322612968657678284118113107166
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
W
25
WNW
20
NNW
5
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
S
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
W
0
ESE
5
E
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset----8:14-------8:15-------8:16---
light rain
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--1--------------------
Temp. °C567865444678876667877777
Feels °C (?)231331111333244334556443
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