Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 19 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 3PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
W
1
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)888881212111110888889916151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2112162111961962402842051511381261011101051274276127161209264253293878
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
NNW
10
SSE
5
SW
5
SE
5
E
10
N
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
E
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
0
SSW
0
S
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
3.03
2:33AM
3.63
4:00PM
2.90
3:21AM
3.51
4:59PM
2.76
4:14AM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
-0.05
8:32PM
1.24
9:27AM
0.00
9:19PM
1.39
10:21AM
0.15
10:13PM
1.53
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset----8:20-------8:21-------8:22---
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12151513141313131415131412111010101110109999
Feels °C (?)101313121311101113131112976777877888
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