Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
8.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 9AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111101010101616161616161515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)403333266195188143144981027214714710286858275125123123121847171
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
E
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcrossoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
2.64
9:43AM
3.24
11:09PM
2.83
10:40AM
3.35
11:46PM
3.00
11:30AM
3.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
1.54
4:39PM
0.37
4:39AM
1.31
5:23PM
0.31
5:28AM
1.08
6:02PM
0.33
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---7:07-------7:05-------7:03----
Sunset-----6:02-------6:05-------6:07--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C655566655546777666678877
Feels °C (?)433332322213444444345543
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