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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	Sat	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17
	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	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	18	15	14	13
Energy(?)	200	1470	4862	5138	5337	5183	3231	2091	1898	2068	4952	4241	1965	1090	744	564	361	222	213	445	689	825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 3.29		7:16PM 2.21	7:47AM 2.93		10:56PM 2.35	8:09AM 4.55			9:34AM 2.24			10:15AM 2.26			10:24AM 3.13		12:16AM 3.01	11:14AM 3.57		12:40AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)	11:40PM 1.65		1:10PM 1.15	12:26AM 1.57		3:45PM 2.62	2:18AM 2.21		3:31PM 1.19			6:21PM 0.12			6:58PM -0.03		4:27AM 1.72	5:44PM 0.75		5:21AM 1.98	6:19PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	19	7	17	21	13	20	18	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	12	12	10	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	8
Low °C	7	8	9	10	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	6
Chill °C (?)	6	6	9	12	12	8	10	9	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	9	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	20	18	-	-	-	13	13	13	20	18	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	18	9	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-

	Sat		Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4811	3825	3300	3911	2263	1470	3456	4862	6187	3064	5138	5411	5874	5337	4197	3454	3972	4148	3809	3201	2609	2091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 2.64										10:13PM 1.18			8:34AM 2.18				9:02PM 2.58				8:01AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)			11:34PM 1.35					2:44PM 2.82			11:46PM 1.16									1:47AM 2.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	6	3	4	5	5	6	21	11	3	1	6	7	6	3	12	11	4	1	1	-
Temp. °C	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	3	4	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	8	9	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	-	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 10							Sunday 11
	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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	20	12	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	5077	4883	4159	3967	2422	0	2140	136	3836	282	377	507	608	705	961	1111	5432	6047	6956	6840	6873	7325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								11:21PM 3.19														1:15PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	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	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	6
High °C	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	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)

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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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