Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 08 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 12AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)--
Afternoon (09 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.6
WSW
2.4
W
2.4
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212121213131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19581836768160215692483245926222578172122291644169918141902190216971334131611901018933798573
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
10
S
15
NE
5
E
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
2.60
4:26AM
2.99
5:39PM
2.39
5:05AM
2.86
6:49PM
2.23
5:55AM
2.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.41
11:17AM
0.89
10:52PM
1.61
12:14PM
1.02
11:36PM
1.79
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:48-------7:47-------7:45-
Sunset-7:15-------7:17-------7:19------
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11--12111---13221225512
Temp. °C654433344443334565554345
Feels °C (?)-3-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-3-1-3-1110-1-10-122
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