Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 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
10.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 7PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
2
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)15151414141313121212121212121212101211109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161209264250293595852109511701324154914471095778687241268456375354235194150153
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NE
5
ESE
5
S
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
2.76
4:14AM
3.32
6:06PM
2.66
5:17AM
3.10
7:19PM
2.63
6:34AM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.53
11:21AM
0.34
11:19PM
1.65
12:28PM
0.54
12:41AM
1.69
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:18-------6:16-------6:13-
Sunset--8:22-------8:23-------8:25-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C101099999101010109989910109988910
Feels °C (?)887888888876667788786677
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