Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 21 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
10.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 1AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)141414131313131211121212121210101010109111199
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26425029335677293211451374156714231095776687607226279361410267194269269171164
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
S
0
NW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassglasscross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
3.32
6:06PM
2.66
5:17AM
3.10
7:19PM
2.63
6:34AM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.53
11:21AM
0.34
11:19PM
1.65
12:28PM
0.54
12:41AM
1.69
1:38PM
0.69
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:13---
Sunset8:22-------8:23-------8:25-------
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C10109991010101099999101099889101011
Feels °C (?)898889776667778888668777
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