Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 30 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 11PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)88141413131313131313131211111110109810131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1321151111056059898987869693136205191229416528635490419156917041449
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
5
E
5
NE
0
WNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
3.09
12:10AM
3.11
12:21PM
3.14
12:41AM
3.22
1:05PM
3.14
1:11AM
3.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
0.66
6:16AM
0.84
6:31PM
0.72
6:55AM
0.64
7:05PM
0.83
7:32AM
0.50
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise------7:01-------7:00-------6:58-
Sunset-7:50-------7:51-------7:52------
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------275231-----
Temp. °C665554467877655455555446
Feels °C (?)221120023221-2-3-2-223321114
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