Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 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
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 10PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)1211111110109998999999999912121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1185976839643490365334362576455397352336281237227189181225212480456371295
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
S
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
3.10
1:40AM
3.31
2:25PM
3.03
2:09AM
3.29
3:05PM
2.91
2:39AM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.96
8:07AM
0.42
8:09PM
1.10
8:43AM
0.42
8:40PM
1.26
9:20AM
0.48
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:56-------6:54-------6:52-
Sunset-7:53-------7:55-------7:57------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----12333521------------
Temp. °C8888866677788991010101010109911
Feels °C (?)446652223235577976788668
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