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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 18 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
8.6° 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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)131312121211111111201818171616151514141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)458341251202195179145121117216263326315463547589551631507458444350277205
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ENE
0
NW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
E
5
SSE
5
SW
0
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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off		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
3.32
1:13AM
2.79
12:25PM
3.36
1:44AM
2.87
1:03PM
3.34
2:15AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
1.54
6:42PM
0.26
6:29AM
1.45
7:15PM
0.25
7:08AM
1.36
7:47PM
0.29
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-8:08-------8:07-------8:07------
Sunset---4:57-------4:58-------5:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C889988888899877667887776
Feels °C (?)556665555576554334665443
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