Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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 1AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.3
WSW
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.9
W
1.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131312111111101010810131212121111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87869693178203191229342326363305725587152313551164959731588433365299203
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
E
25
ESE
10
E
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
E
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
SE
5
SW
15
W
10
W
5
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
3.14
12:41AM
3.22
1:05PM
3.14
1:11AM
3.29
1:46PM
3.10
1:40AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31PM
0.72
6:55AM
0.64
7:05PM
0.83
7:32AM
0.50
7:37PM
0.96
8:07AM
0.42
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise------7:00-------6:58-------6:56-
Sunset-7:51-------7:52-------7:53------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----12963472---------111
Temp. °C998876555555556788887865
Feels °C (?)44320-2-2-12212335564564531
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