Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 08 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
9.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 1AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7815151414131313111112101012121818181818181515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)786276110153144130166165149148295148148228177270276276395273270148146
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
W
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
2.33
5:12AM
2.72
7:45PM
2.30
6:18AM
2.61
8:59PM
2.37
7:41AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
1.86
12:38PM
1.00
12:26AM
1.94
1:49PM
1.03
2:01AM
1.91
2:54PM
1.00
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset8:02-------8:05-------8:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C88888101111111010101012121110109910111010
Feels °C (?)465658777888798888778877
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