Cape Breton Island Surf

Detailed Cape Breton Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Cape Breton Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Cape Breton Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Cape Breton Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Cape Breton Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Cape Breton Island Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Cape Breton Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Cape Breton Island coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 13			Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri					Saturday 16			Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 ESE	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	9	10	15	14	14	9	11	10	10	9	13	12	12	11	11	11	19	17
Energy	77	77	75	282	132	158	589	528	305	1634	1563	862	622	193	388	271	305	222	284	342	389	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55		6:26PM 1.06	6:37AM 1.31		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49		7:32PM 1.48	8:14AM 1.57		9:27PM 1.25	2:10AM 0.43		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30	12:14AM 0.57		5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18	1:24PM 0.14	2:12AM -0.05		2:16PM 0.12	2:45AM 0.69	9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	1	10	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	8	13	19	16	17	4	4	5	6	11	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15
Low °C	19	22	18	18	6	11	15	16	16	4	4	5	6	8	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	5	11	19	15	16	-1	0	0	2	9	16	16	17	16	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	5:28	7:09	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.9 N	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	9	10	15	14	14	10	11	10	10	6	13	12	21	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.1 W	-	1.9 ESE	1.3 SE	0.8 E	0.8 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	6	6	-	-	6	-	9	9	8	9	-	23	21	20	20	18	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	2.5 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	9	-	3	3	4	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-

	Tue	Wed	Tue	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14	Wed	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	12PM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9PM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	6	14	14	6	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	92	98	77	52	76	77	82	76	75	113	142	90	132	131	158	158	825	813	795	589	558	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55			6:26PM 1.06				6:37AM 1.31		12:41AM 0.52				12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.34		5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			12:14AM 0.57					5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	7	19	19	4	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	6	7	8	8	11	20	19	19	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	3	19	19	-1	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	3	4	5	5	9	20	19	19	19	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	14	14	6	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	6	6	6	6	6	-	3	-	-	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 N	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	6	2	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	4	3

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13	Tue	Wednesday 13
	10AM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1PM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	16	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	93	92	92	105	139	98	96	95	77	77	77	52	76	76	76	79	78	77	76	83	82	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															12:23PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		10:51AM 0.34							5:32AM 0.33													6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	7	7	7	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	4	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	3	3	3	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	-1	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

Cape Breton Island Surf Breaks

Ingonish Beach

beach

Kennington Cove

beach

Michaud Point

beach

Everything from point, reef and beach breaks can be found on Cape Breton Island. Best time of year for ground swell is the fall during hurricane season and winter during the Nor' Easters. Cape Breton Island is large and diverse. Beaches can be sandy or cobble stoned. The coastline consists of winding points and coves. Topography can be high bluffed and highland areas or low laying sand bars or rock shoals reaching out. The scenery is some of the best in the world for natural beauty. The population of the island is low so the majority of surf breaks are isolated and you will not see buildings near by unless. Some breaks are near small fishing villages. Not every spot can be accessed by vehicle and a long hike to the surf location is required.

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