Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 31 Aug 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 1PM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (31 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (31 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161619181818181817171716161616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)368368408417464488341432560530504393386359380359429426421420430275292344
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
S
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
0
NNW
0
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
2.18
6:21PM
2.74
8:59AM
2.17
7:32PM
2.71
10:19AM
2.27
8:48PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
1.80
1:58AM
1.09
1:11PM
1.92
3:14AM
1.00
2:46PM
1.93
4:14AM
0.84
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:39-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:05-------8:02---
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-1111-----------------
Temp. °C151717161414141515151515141414141416181816161515
Feels °C (?)161717161514141515141514131515141416171615161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Wickaninnish (light winds from the SW at Tofino Airport 8 km from Wickaninnish). 0.7m 10s swell from the W with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 4s local chop from the WNW as well as a 0.3m 5s windswell from the WSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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