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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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	1.6 NNW	0.4 ESE	2.1 N	2.0 N	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	5	8	8	7	18	12	15	14	14	15	14	18	18	17	16	15	13	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	80	162	36	510	446	61	15	230	392	607	640	48	119	152	2478	2841	2093	828	231	275	152	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:01PM 0.91	5:24AM 0.91	5:36PM 1.13		5:28AM 1.23		8:34PM 0.97	6:41AM 1.27		7:30PM 1.27	7:47AM 1.31		9:51PM 1.04	8:55AM 1.24		9:02PM 1.33	9:36AM 1.54		9:49PM 1.38	10:12AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 0.12		10:18PM 0.87	11:42AM 0.30		12:29AM 0.01		1:09PM 0.02	12:43AM 0.87		2:10PM -0.02	2:14AM -0.11		2:59PM -0.02	2:43AM 0.67		3:40PM 0.02		3:16AM 0.09	3:49PM 0.16		4:14AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	17	17	14	18	18	17	15	16	15	18	18	16	18	19	17	23	24	19	24
Low °C	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	18	15	15	16	13	16	18	14	16	17	16	19	22	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	16	16	12	18	18	17	14	16	15	18	18	15	18	19	16	23	24	18	24
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	18	16	15	14	14	15	14	18	18	17	16	15	8	9	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	10	8	-	-	4	5	5	7	11	11	21	13	-	-	-	20	13	12	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.6 NNW	0.6 NW	2.1 N	2.0 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	5	5	3	8	7	3	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	-	2	9	4	4

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	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	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	0.5 NE	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	0.6 NE	1.3 N	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	10	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	17	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	29	12	24	80	54	52	330	352	543	604	583	50	498	446	405	68	184	77	146	162	199	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:07AM 1.19					6:01PM 0.91			4:13AM 1.20									6:29AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 0.78				10:33AM 0.30				10:18PM 0.87				11:54AM 0.07				11:30PM 0.90	12:29AM 0.01				12:47PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	16	14	17	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	15	14	12	13	14	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	16	14	16	11	11	11	12	13	15	16	16	13	13	10	12	13	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	4	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	11	6	6	13	5	5	10	12	12	-	-	8	-	-	12	8	12	17	12	12	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 NE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	0.6 NNW	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	0.4 NNW	1.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	5	-	5	6	7	7	7	7	3	7	7	7	3	7	3	4	-	6	-

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	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	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	86	33	29	66	78	67	11	27	24	20	25	80	22	23	34	53	115	52	37	47	47	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:07AM 1.19													4:33PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 0.78													10:34AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	15	16	17	19	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	15	15	15	17	16	15	14	14	16	16	17	17	15	14	16	18	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	10	10	4	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	10	10	5	10	5	5	12	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	1.4 NNW	0.1 NE	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 N
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	5	6	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	-	5	5	3	4	4	3

Cape Breton Island Surf Breaks

Ingonish Beach

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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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