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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 01 Feb 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
7.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)--
Afternoon (01 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Evening (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
6
4
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
5
5
5
5
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)181716151514141413131212111111111111121515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15471561311854595036443139643809326428782221170213101017866671617629102237654559344630502775
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
35
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
10
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
3.61
12:52AM
3.04
12:24PM
3.60
1:29AM
3.13
1:10PM
3.50
2:04AM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
0.02
6:23AM
1.14
7:06PM
0.07
7:10AM
1.01
7:43PM
0.22
7:55AM
0.94
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-------7:52-------7:50-------7:48
Sunset-5:19-------5:21-------5:22------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
322225153--1---------21--
Temp. °C1110111099889999101011121314141313131414
Feels °C (?)867743124555667891110101091210
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