Vancouver Island Surf

Vancouver Island Surf Forecast

Detailed Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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 Vancouver Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Vancouver Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Vancouver Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Vancouver Island Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Vancouver Island Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Vancouver Island Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Vancouver Island Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Vancouver Island Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Vancouver Island Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Vancouver Island Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Vancouver Island Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Vancouver Island Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Vancouver 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 Vancouver Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Vancouver Island coastline are also listed below.

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Vancouver Island Wavefinder

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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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 Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	2	0	4	2	0	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	-	1.9 W	1.4 W	-	3.5 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s)	10	10	14	18	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	18	9	-	9	9	-	9	9
Energy	166	331	284	387	627	501	42	0	0	0	0	1290	494	0	1088	436	0	1028	443	0	3077	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:12PM 1.85		11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99		12:26AM 3.92			8:17PM 4.81	5:38AM 4.53		2:08AM 3.70			3:02AM 3.54			3:57AM 3.31			4:55AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 2.24		6:49AM -0.05	7:16PM 2.25		8:18AM -0.23		1:17AM 3.66	1:29PM -0.13		8:08PM 1.35	9:38AM -0.16	2:16PM -0.00	9:04PM 1.33	10:24AM -0.00	3:02PM 0.28	10:03PM 1.31	11:07AM 0.21	3:47PM 0.70	11:05PM 1.30	11:49AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	12	21	21	14	19	13	22	21	18	19	13	16	18	15	17	20	14	18	20	14	17
Low °C	19	12	21	21	12	17	12	21	14	16	17	11	14	17	12	15	19	13	15	20	12	15
Chill °C (?)	21	12	21	21	13	19	12	22	21	18	19	10	16	18	14	17	20	13	18	20	13	17
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	10:24	-	-	10:25	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.3 W	-	1.8 W	1.2 W	-	1.9 W	1.4 W	-	2.3 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	9	-	9	9	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	18	18	16	13	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	18	18	-	16	16	-	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	12	18	18	18	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	-	-	-	-
Energy	393	166	140	331	436	332	284	373	394	387	438	627	558	487	501	65	777	42	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass
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	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:12PM 1.85				11:43PM 3.73				1:23PM 2.99				12:26AM 3.92							8:17PM 4.81
Low Tide / height (m)	5:57AM 0.15				6:24PM 2.24				6:49AM -0.05				7:16PM 2.25				7:40AM -0.17	8:18AM -0.23	12:40PM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	23	12	14	21	21	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	19	12	17	13	22	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	18	21	23	12	14	21	21	21	21	21	21	11	12	11	19	10	17	12	22	21	21	19
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	10:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	13	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 ESE	1.4 W	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	10	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	10	10	14	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	19
Energy	328	397	393	314	152	166	444	140	140	140	138	331	371	396	436	404	320	332	333	327	284	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:12PM 1.85										11:43PM 3.73
Low Tide / height (m)	5:57AM 0.15													6:24PM 2.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	21	21	19	22	23	23	23	12	13	13	14	22	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	21	21	19	22	23	23	23	12	13	12	14	22	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	5	5

Vancouver Island Surf Breaks

beach

beach

beach and point

beach

reef and point

Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii)

beach

Long Beach (Tofino Airport)

beach

Nootka Island (Calvin Bay)

beach

Port Renfrew

river

Rosie's Bay

beach

Sombrio Beach

beach and reef

South Chesterman Beach

beach

Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)

sandbar

Tow Hill Beach

beach

Wickaninnish

sandbar

West coast Vancouver island has some of the sickest surf spots and the views are spectacular! Wave conditions are pretty consistent all year round, there is always a wave to ride. Winter season provides larger swells so put away the longboard and pull out the shorties as you're gonna need to duckdive a lot more, and don't forget your paddle arms and 7mm booties and hoodies. The water is chilly but if you are into catching waves you won't notice ..... Chad Harris

Tofino/Ucluelet (North Island): Wide open long sandy beach breaks. South Island (Jordan River/Sombrio beach): Rocky beach/reef/point breaks. Best time of year (Tofino) is summer if you want to learn to surf, otherwise, autumn/winter to surf big waves. Sombrio is flat in the summer, but big and clean in the fall/winter ..... Keelan Watkins

South Island spots are typically reef breaks. North Island has mainly beach breaks with a number of hidden point breaks that are difficult to access ..... Cole Chappell

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