Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 9PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)--
Afternoon (25 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (25 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111012111111118910101010999988815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)157146144110138674866683606533127620392587103776954634123515711784634433
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
S
0
W
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
2.86
4:40AM
2.87
4:17PM
2.67
5:22AM
2.94
5:27PM
2.49
6:09AM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.70
10:36AM
1.43
10:42PM
0.90
11:42AM
1.29
11:29PM
1.11
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15
Sunset-4:29-------4:30-------4:30------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-42--------------21-
Temp. °C675564556643222244333334
Feels °C (?)411120-2-4-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2120-1-1-1-2-1
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