Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 7AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)10999987761599141514141417171710999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6415023833203063173242231978667678284118113107166166164151172186202
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
10
E
5
S
10
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
0
SE
0
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
3.29
12:39PM
3.11
12:34AM
3.47
1:27PM
3.15
1:11AM
3.60
2:16PM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.48
6:29PM
0.92
7:07AM
0.21
7:09PM
1.00
7:51AM
0.02
7:49PM
1.11
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:30-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset------8:15-------8:16-------8:17-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C44467877777777777781111121113
Feels °C (?)111331135554445443475869
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