Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today (22 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (22 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Wickaninnish. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | SW 16 | SW 16 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 459 | 389 | 386 | 367 | 441 | 505 | 514 | 628 | 639 | 628 | 526 | 451 | 426 | 361 | 354 | 290 | 239 | 233 | 217 | 217 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:05AM2.58m | 10:24PM2.85m | 11:34AM2.75m | 11:12PM2.98m | 12:00PM2.91m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:33PM1.59m | 5:06AM0.78m | 5:16PM1.35m | 5:41AM0.72m | 5:54PM1.09m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Feels °C | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 |
| kJ | 459 | 389 | 332 | 367 | 441 | 505 | 514 | 628 | 639 | 628 | 526 | 451 | 426 | 361 | 354 | 290 | 239 | 233 | 188 | 184 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 390 | 386 | 386 | 334 | 330 | 261 | 255 | 362 | 362 | 367 | 362 | 318 | 251 | 251 | 248 | 232 | 220 | 217 | 217 | 217 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 2 | ESE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 106 | 703 | 148 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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