Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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 3AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.3m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212131313121212121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1638177815692483262226221721200028391810172816701751172816971459124912481117944792669657562
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
N
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
5
NW
5
E
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
2.99
5:39PM
2.39
5:05AM
2.86
6:49PM
2.23
5:55AM
2.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.41
11:17AM
0.89
10:52PM
1.61
12:14PM
1.02
11:36PM
1.79
1:27PM
1.10
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise----7:48-------7:47-------7:45---
Sunset-------7:17-------7:19-------7:21
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1-112211---141122221-248
Temp. °C543344454324456665665568
Feels °C (?)-3-4-3-2-2-3-4-4-3-3-2-1-111111142224
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