Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 09 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 9AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.5
SW
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141313131111121910161218181818181815151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76110153144130166340149148295148148129177270276276395273270148146150310
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
N
5
W
5
WNW
0
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
2.72
7:45PM
2.30
6:18AM
2.61
8:59PM
2.37
7:41AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
1.86
12:38PM
1.00
12:26AM
1.94
1:49PM
1.03
2:01AM
1.91
2:54PM
1.00
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:39-----
Sunset------8:05-------8:06-------8:07-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C88911111110101010101212121110101010111110109
Feels °C (?)5679776888799910888898787
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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