Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 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
9.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 6PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131311111219101612181818181818151515161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153144130166340143148295148148175177270276276395273270148146150306302298
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
N
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrossglassonglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
2.72
7:45PM
2.30
6:18AM
2.61
8:59PM
2.37
7:41AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
1.00
12:26AM
1.94
1:49PM
1.03
2:01AM
1.91
2:54PM
1.00
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:06-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C91111111010101010121212111110111111111110888
Feels °C (?)7977688879910998999898666
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