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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	Sat	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	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	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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	9	8	9	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	5
Energy(?)	229	82	46	17	14	8	35	173	220	132	112	101	79	44	39	36	23	29	23	14	14	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:02PM 1.33	9:39AM 1.31		10:44PM 1.11	10:29AM 1.27		11:09PM 1.14	11:15AM 1.21		11:33PM 1.16	11:59AM 1.13		11:58PM 1.16		12:43PM 1.05	12:24AM 1.16		1:27PM 0.96	12:52AM 1.16		1:13PM 0.98	1:25AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31AM 0.54	3:57PM 0.09		4:14AM 0.44	4:48PM 0.21		4:56AM 0.35	5:19PM 0.33		5:35AM 0.30	5:50PM 0.44		6:16AM 0.28		6:20PM 0.55	6:57AM 0.29		6:50PM 0.64	7:43AM 0.32		7:20PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	26	19	22	23	21	21	24	22	19	20	16	21	22	18	21	19	14	15	17	13
Low °C	17	20	24	17	19	21	18	19	24	17	18	18	16	19	21	15	18	18	12	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	19	24	26	18	22	23	21	21	24	22	18	20	16	21	22	18	21	18	12	14	16	12
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	-	12	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	13	13	8	13	6	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	-	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	3	3	5

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	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
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	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	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	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
Rating	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 SSE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	4	4	5	5	8	8
Energy(?)	985	298	458	142	120	82	79	46	44	33	17	15	14	14	9	8	47	35	35	40	711	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 1.33				9:39AM 1.31				10:44PM 1.11				10:29AM 1.27				11:09PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	3:17PM 0.10				3:31AM 0.54				4:16PM 0.10				4:14AM 0.44				4:48PM 0.21				4:49AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	7	5	1	-
Temp. °C	20	17	17	18	17	20	24	26	24	19	17	17	17	19	22	23	21	18	20	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	17	16	20	24	26	24	18	16	16	16	19	22	23	21	17	20	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.2 SE
Period (s)	10	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	9	-	-	10	10	8	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	-

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	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
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	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	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	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
Rating	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1271	464	985	347	330	298	269	234	229	228	142	142	130	123	120	97	85	82	80	80	184	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:19PM 1.07											9:39AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	3:17PM 0.10												3:31AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	18	17	18	19	20	22	23	19	25
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	18	17	17	16	18	19	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	18	20	22	23	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.8 SE	1.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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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