Wickaninnish Surf Break

Lat Long: 49.02° N 125.68° W

Wickaninnish 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wickaninnish sea temperature is
12.4°C
0.3° 

Wickaninnish surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 6AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (16 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
4
3
4
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
1.3
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
1.7
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
10
2
W
11
2.5
WSW
10
2.4
WSW
10
2.3
WSW
10
2.2
WSW
10
2
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
457
339
236
446
478
478
499
638
520
466
439
522
901
1157
1140
1053
942
804
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
5:08AM2.48m
4:10PM2.87m
6:11AM2.38m
5:00PM2.71m
Low Tide
10:29PM0.70m
10:13AM1.72m
11:21PM0.86m
11:06AM1.85m
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:29
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2
4
2
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Temp °C
17
17
18
16
14
15
14
14
12
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
14
14
15
13
11
12
12
11
9
11
11
7
6
6
7
7
8
9
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