Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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 8AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
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
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)888161515141414131312121211121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)588635127161209264250293599760104012481398172515491095792699614538456332319
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
15
SW
10
W
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
SSE
15
W
5
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
on
glassglassonglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
3.51
4:59PM
2.76
4:14AM
3.32
6:06PM
2.66
5:17AM
3.10
7:19PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
0.15
10:13PM
1.53
11:21AM
0.34
11:19PM
1.65
12:28PM
0.54
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:16-----
Sunset------8:22-------8:23-------8:25-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C1110111110109999910101010998910101099
Feels °C (?)879978788789787676777878
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