Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 27 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
8.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 7AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.9
W
1.7
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121314131313131212121211111110101116161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73480991878475774972623584717717111911418118013381102147147102868582
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
SE
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
3.12
10:26PM
2.64
9:43AM
3.24
11:09PM
2.83
10:40AM
3.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
1.72
3:46PM
0.49
3:41AM
1.54
4:39PM
0.37
4:39AM
1.31
5:23PM
0.31
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---7:09-------7:07-------7:05----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:02-------6:05--
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C888787776545666555457766
Feels °C (?)555331123313323221124334
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