Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 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 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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)


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)12111110888888916151514141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28420515113812610198691201071011271612092643152935957499321248126912481113
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassonglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
3.63
4:00PM
2.90
3:21AM
3.51
4:59PM
2.76
4:14AM
3.32
6:06PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
0.00
9:19PM
1.39
10:21AM
0.15
10:13PM
1.53
11:21AM
0.34
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:18-----
Sunset------8:21-------8:22-------8:23-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------12---------
Temp. °C141312151313131110101011111099999109101010
Feels °C (?)1211101312111187777877888897887
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