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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 12PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)151514141314141313131212121111111120181817161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181249330402373453460458458335251202195179145121117216263326315561547589
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
3.24
12:41AM
2.71
11:46AM
3.32
1:13AM
2.79
12:25PM
3.36
1:44AM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
1.64
6:07PM
0.34
5:51AM
1.54
6:42PM
0.26
6:29AM
1.45
7:15PM
0.25
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-8:10-------8:08-------8:07------
Sunset---4:54-------4:57-------4:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9899888888998888881088777
Feels °C (?)656665544566555555755554
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