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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
8.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 8AM is: 3.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)18s
Afternoon (07 Jan)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (07 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
7
9
7
!
0
!
6
6
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
5.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
4
W
4
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121318171717161616161616151515141414141313131111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)368529967494808184118853142971304514148814569266002509643403620306625701922153111921217140710561198
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
15
NW
5
N
15
WNW
30
WNW
45
NW
35
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrossglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
3.07
2:58PM
3.14
4:02AM
3.05
3:50PM
2.84
4:44AM
3.01
4:47PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
1.21
9:31PM
0.49
10:01AM
1.22
10:10PM
0.79
10:59AM
1.23
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---8:15-------8:15-------8:14----
Sunset-----4:42-------4:43-------4:44--
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12381----11-------------
Temp. °C776456555345665567777888
Feels °C (?)110032-2-6-4-210222223222232
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