Vancouver Island Surf

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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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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	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 Vancouver Island	Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	The Strait Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	3	0	0	4	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	-	2.3 SW	1.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	-	11	16	14	-	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	9	12	11	11	10	10	9	8
Energy(?)	161	0	1264	534	7217	0	9883	6378	4971	3345	1572	860	814	363	424	1957	2048	1367	975	595	391	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 2.40	11:40AM 3.95		12:51AM 3.35	12:21PM 4.02			4:43AM 1.41				1:41PM 3.10		7:31AM 1.45	2:41PM 3.61		4:31AM 3.03	3:23PM 2.72		7:01AM 1.76	4:36PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32AM 1.25	6:25PM 0.02		6:15AM 1.38		8:29PM 0.09	7:21AM 1.30		10:04PM -0.78	7:31AM 1.56		9:17PM -0.60	8:00AM 1.45		9:47PM 0.38	9:46AM 1.83		11:22PM 0.31	12:04PM 1.76		11:51PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	18	11	4	9	15	10	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	9	9	10	12	14	13	15	11	11	12	10	10	11
Low °C	10	11	12	11	11	11	9	11	9	8	8	10	10	12	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	8	11	7	10	10	7	6	7	10	12	11	13	11	10	11	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	2.4 W	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	1.2 S	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	16	-	-	13	9	10	12	14	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	The Strait Washington	Crescent Washington	The Strait Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Neah Bay Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Crescent Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.7 S	0.6 W	3.5 S	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	-	2.2 SW	0.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	8	13	10	11	11	-	11	15	11	16	15	-	14	13	11	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	348	183	585	223	2632	563	853	0	1210	76	1561	1195	4176	0	5956	5177	4667	2996	3249	4034	4699	5614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 3.31				11:41AM 3.08				12:58AM 2.52	1:50AM 2.28			12:21PM 4.02					2:50AM 1.94	4:43AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	5:27PM -0.35				5:32AM 1.25				6:27PM -0.06	8:27PM -0.57			6:11AM 1.02					7:47PM -0.15				7:01AM 1.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	9	10	7	7	3	2	4	2	2	1	-	14	12	2	1	1	2	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	10	8	9	6	7	7	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	8	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	13	10	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.3 W	2.5 S	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.8 S
Period (s)	6	11	13	13	19	-	-	-	20	15	16	16	-	-	15	9	12	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.8 SE	1.6 E	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	6	9	10	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	The Strait Washington	Crescent Washington	The Strait Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Neah Bay Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Crescent Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	14	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	10	10	11	3	3	-	-	11
Energy(?)	409	139	139	135	186	193	193	168	171	171	177	100	198	84	2632	2632	1843	3	3	0	0	3286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									12:03AM 2.52												12:31PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	5	3	3	3	4	2	2
High °C	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	9	9	10	8	8	6	8	6	8	9	9	8	7	8	9	10	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	14	11	11	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	11	11	11	11	15	15	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	19	19	12	-	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	4.0 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	10	10	8	3	3	3	3	11

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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