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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 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
9.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 4AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
3
2
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
W
1
W
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)8121211111088888871615151414141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19624028420515113812610198601244271127161209264250293430865112712071324
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
10
SW
5
WNW
5
W
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassonglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
3.63
4:00PM
2.90
3:21AM
3.51
4:59PM
2.76
4:14AM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
1.24
9:27AM
0.00
9:19PM
1.39
10:21AM
0.15
10:13PM
1.53
11:21AM
0.34
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset8:20-------8:21-------8:22-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------421------
Temp. °C151313141315131413111010101110999999101011
Feels °C (?)131111121114121210878787878788999
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