Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
8.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 2AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


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Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.8
W
2.2
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)15151414146676788899121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7171701161101051451781261271442041861582028951355216521282261214721461106883
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
WNW
20
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
3.14
12:15PM
3.40
12:52AM
3.23
12:58PM
3.32
1:23AM
3.28
1:40PM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
0.33
6:12AM
0.88
6:38PM
0.41
6:53AM
0.73
7:12PM
0.56
7:32AM
0.65
Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----7:01------6:58-------6:56---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:09-------6:10
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--113613121-------------
Temp. °C10109999999899899877766678
Feels °C (?)765555567777665101-1-2-2-103
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