Wickaninnish surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 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
9.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wickaninnish today?

The current surf forecast for Wickaninnish at 6AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)9916168888812121111108877887161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186197217220211216211216196240274209151138101968687908869127161209
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
5
NNE
15
SSW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
3.66
3:06PM
3.03
2:33AM
3.63
4:00PM
2.90
3:21AM
3.51
4:59PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
-0.05
8:32PM
1.24
9:27AM
0.00
9:19PM
1.39
10:21AM
0.15
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset8:17-------8:20-------8:21-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C10111212121415131413131314151414121211910111110
Feels °C (?)57999121211121111121213111199868988
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