Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
14.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 8PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
2
W
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.1
W
1.5
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.5
WNW
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.7
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111117101077799988999121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)901783966167513471242272212192186189128859999181173143146151150139397449
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NE
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
0
NE
0
E
5
ESE
10
S
5
SW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
3.02
11:28AM
2.80
11:04PM
3.11
12:04PM
2.94
11:53PM
3.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
1.57
4:56AM
0.59
5:06PM
1.35
5:40AM
0.56
5:52PM
1.13
6:18AM
0.58
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:05-
Sunset-7:31-------7:29-------7:27------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C151614141413121414151414131313141414141414141413
Feels °C (?)121110121311111311121213131212121211131314121210
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Wickaninnish (moderate winds from the WNW at Tofino Airport 8 km from Wickaninnish). 1.8m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.4m 9s swell from the W and a 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 54 min ago

22 km/h
WNW
Cross-On
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