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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Cape Breton Island Wavefinder

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	Wed				Thu		Fri				Saturday 16			Sun		Mon				Tue		Wed
	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	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	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	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point 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	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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	0.8 N	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NNW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	14	13	17	10	10	16	15	14	12	10	10	10	10	7	13	12	12	11	8	18	19	17
Energy	77	78	91	169	135	909	592	466	2565	1480	881	749	784	123	323	234	250	621	177	1388	1158	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
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		7:40PM 1.50	8:14AM 1.57		8:29PM 1.51	8:32AM 1.47	2:10AM 0.43		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41	11:23PM 1.26	3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	12:14AM 0.57		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		1:33PM 0.14	1:55AM -0.00		2:16PM 0.12	2:43AM -0.04		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13			10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	15	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	8	13	20	19	16	6	6	6	8	11	15	16	17	17	16	8	16	15	15
Low °C	19	22	19	6	11	18	17	16	6	5	5	8	9	13	15	16	16	16	7	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	5	11	20	19	14	2	4	2	6	9	14	16	17	17	15	6	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	5:28	-	7:09	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	0.8 N	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	10	10	16	15	14	12	10	10	10	10	7	13	12	12	11	10	18	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.7 N	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	7	17	7	7	-	-	4	11	9	9	9	8	8	-	23	21	4	7	21	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	2.5 E	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 NNW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	4	9	-	-	4	4	3	3	4	5	11	8	18	19	4

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14	Wed	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	6:30AM	9:30AM	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	6:30PM	9:30PM
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	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	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	9	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	77	77	76	78	82	76	91	113	170	119	169	158	148	135	909	813	796	592	558	466	409	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
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)	5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			12:14AM 0.57					5:52AM 0.25					8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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

	Wednesday 13	Thu
	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM
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	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	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	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17
Energy	96	95	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	80	79	78	77	83	82	59	59	76	75	75	91	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									12:23PM 0.70												12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32AM 0.33													6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	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	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	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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