Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
10.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 12PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (18 Nov)5ft (1.6m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
1
1
4
3
2
2
7
8
7
6
5
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.9
WSW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
WSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.7
SW
1.1
SW
4
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111161615141413131313131211101017161615141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50241828433040610871191104788868360040232935912681011524687856894156771500832672759
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
40
ESE
10
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
3.20
11:53PM
2.78
11:11AM
3.24
12:31AM
2.81
11:43AM
3.26
1:09AM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
1.38
5:25PM
0.45
5:16AM
1.43
6:00PM
0.35
5:50AM
1.48
6:35PM
0.31
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise-7:35-------7:37-------7:39------
Sunset---4:37-------4:37-------4:36----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------28912211125
Temp. °C9999877677910998891010101010109
Feels °C (?)777764322144205234468775
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