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Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
8.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 1PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.8
SW
1.3
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111111010101010101010107761061616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9307435584533994122902792792794613883283103973171881261301471472262261210
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
S
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
20
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
3.27
1:38PM
3.28
1:50AM
3.41
2:23PM
3.22
2:23AM
3.49
3:10PM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.58
7:42PM
0.67
8:10AM
0.38
8:17PM
0.81
8:53AM
0.27
8:54PM
0.99
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--7:28-------7:26-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:35-------7:36--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
3212241277742----------13
Temp. °C10101010101010101010109776555556667
Feels °C (?)8898777886751-1-1-1-1-3-4-3-221-1
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