Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 8AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
1.7
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312111111101010101013121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6059898987869693136203191191307284267500701958167613791185885731575
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
10
E
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
W
5
W
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoncrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
3.11
12:21PM
3.14
12:41AM
3.22
1:05PM
3.14
1:11AM
3.29
1:46PM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
0.84
6:31PM
0.72
6:55AM
0.64
7:05PM
0.83
7:32AM
0.50
7:37PM
0.96
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--7:01-------7:00-------6:58-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:52-------7:53--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------265152---------
Temp. °C554688777655655655678887
Feels °C (?)2102432100-2-2322333455465
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