Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 03 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: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.2
SSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.9
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)778788912121211111111111110101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3031331402171441902029801848222924592316202123861208883666490502461497487544567
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
ESE
5
N
5
WSW
20
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
0
SSE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
3.23
12:58PM
3.32
1:23AM
3.28
1:40PM
3.19
1:53AM
3.27
2:20PM
3.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:38PM
0.41
6:53AM
0.73
7:12PM
0.56
7:32AM
0.65
7:44PM
0.75
8:11AM
0.63
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----6:58-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset-------6:09-------6:10-------6:13
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
211---1-----------1111-1
Temp. °C1098989987676667777677777
Feels °C (?)77676751-1-2-2-2-111364233333
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