Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Wickaninnish. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | SSW 18 | SW 21 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | SSW 17 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 68 | 68 | 90 | 149 | 190 | 161 | 157 | 137 | 106 | 134 | 161 | 228 | 223 | 145 | 157 | 149 | 146 | 146 | 186 | 184 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross |
High Tide | 4:10PM3.04m | 5:31AM2.42m | 4:51PM2.88m | 6:41AM2.27m | 5:43PM2.74m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:04PM0.81m | 10:41AM1.63m | 00:01AM0.96m | 11:31AM1.80m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:29 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 9 | SW 19 |
| kJ | 68 | 68 | 90 | 149 | 190 | 161 | 157 | 127 | 104 | 134 | 161 | 228 | 223 | 145 | 111 | 83 | 66 | 48 | 78 | 184 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | W 6 |
| kJ | 62 | 63 | 63 | 125 | 125 | 63 | 63 | 137 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 117 | 117 | 157 | 149 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 20 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 24 | SW 14 | SW 21 | SW 22 | SW 21 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 22 | 22 | 75 | 64 | 64 | 74 | 73 | 54 | 31 | 117 | 118 | 117 | 103 | 101 | 117 | 117 | 113 | 138 | 186 | 99 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 102 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 102 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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