Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 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 4PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Feb)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
3
2
3
6
6
0
0
3
3
7
6
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
1.6
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)98991010121414131312121212121111111011111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383436787648141360399870477852783766895917485941363313259916751242961711698597511388
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
35
ESE
30
E
30
ENE
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
ESE
50
SE
45
SE
40
SSE
35
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
15
E
10
SSE
10
SW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
2.94
3:12AM
3.31
3:58PM
2.71
3:54AM
3.26
5:05PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
0.66
8:57PM
0.95
9:47AM
0.65
9:36PM
1.20
10:46AM
0.69
10:23PM
1.45
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:20-------7:18-------7:16------
Sunset---5:52-------5:53-------5:54----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
112344863529102551112----
Temp. °C465466667788776557876443
Feels °C (?)-5-2-2-3-2-3-3-3-2-4-20-12312344411-1
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