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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 10AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)11ft (3.5m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111899910101010991010101010101816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109894380471164385514371731166917142149106512241043501444398354326338282243256211
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
W
40
W
40
WNW
45
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
0
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
W
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffoffonononononononononcross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
2.73
8:27PM
2.18
7:04AM
2.65
9:58PM
2.25
8:28AM
2.66
10:51PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
1.79
1:27PM
1.10
12:48AM
1.92
2:48PM
1.07
2:29AM
1.94
3:55PM
0.96
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise--7:45-------7:43-------7:39-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:22-------7:23--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
112371111111111---------
Temp. °C543338655555454221134543
Feels °C (?)30-1-2-40-4-5-6-5-4-3-3-2-1-10-2-30-1-1-3-3
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