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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 09 Jan 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
8.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 5AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
4
6
7
8
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
6
4
6
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313111111121314131313121212121817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234119491564135613211480132215001898302860527286653855494284306625552310231037265128550644373705
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
40
SE
25
ESE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
3.01
4:47PM
2.56
5:26AM
2.96
5:54PM
2.34
6:11AM
2.91
7:16PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
0.79
10:59AM
1.23
10:50PM
1.08
12:02PM
1.21
11:34PM
1.35
1:10PM
1.15
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---8:14-------8:14-------8:14----
Sunset-----4:44-------4:45-------4:46--
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
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light rain
mod rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
21121----8147561-11784131817
Temp. °C8999889987566788887889910
Feels °C (?)5544223300-2-1012333233146
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