Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 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
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 3PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.6
W
1.7
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111010101010131212121111101010109988999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191229206200234234510867145013551185976839607490348283237257306346371336275
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
ESE
20
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
ENE
0
S
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
3.14
1:11AM
3.29
1:46PM
3.10
1:40AM
3.31
2:25PM
3.03
2:09AM
3.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.64
7:05PM
0.83
7:32AM
0.50
7:37PM
0.96
8:07AM
0.42
8:09PM
1.10
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:00-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:53-------7:55----
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
10112-54---------1--2121--
Temp. °C457766666788878876767788
Feels °C (?)-3-32544454555646532323456
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