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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Vancouver Island Wavefinder

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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	The Strait Washington	Crescent Washington	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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	0.3 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	14	9	8	8	12	10	10	9	9	11	7	10	10	7	13
Energy(?)	1801	520	896	842	862	528	817	36	1059	575	573	46	1307	691	237	87	169	176	108	93	150	1260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:31AM 3.59		2:39AM 2.12	12:43PM 2.41		1:46AM 3.11		1:18PM 2.40		5:54AM 1.58	1:33PM 2.12		6:28AM 1.62	2:09PM 2.03		4:53AM 4.13	2:48PM 1.89		7:27AM 1.75	3:34PM 1.69		4:54AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.19	7:01AM 1.82		7:10PM 0.58	7:41AM 1.80		9:41PM -0.36	7:39AM 1.56		10:16PM -0.32	8:50AM 1.57		9:43PM 1.99	9:18AM 3.68		11:24PM -0.08	11:52AM 1.48		11:56PM 0.13	10:55AM 1.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	3	6	5	11	24	5	2	8	5	5	4	4	5	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	4	6	7	7	5	6	4	5	5
Low °C	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	5	6	5	6	5	6	4	5	6	5	4	5	4	3	4
Chill °C (?)	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	0	2	7	7	2	4	-1	3	5
Sunrise	8:14	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.5 SW	2.2 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	10	9	10	14	9	8	12	9	10	10	9	6	7	7	7	10	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.3 W	-	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	13	-	-	16	16	15	-	13	10	15	12	18	18	6	9	11	10	10	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	-	1.4 S	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	-	-	8	9	-	6	8	-	-	-	4	3	6	-	-	3	2	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Pillar Point Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Deep Creek Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2684	1641	1386	1191	690	1745	509	896	896	800	784	842	842	862	741	672	528	526	171	152	176	1698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 3.04	2:03AM 2.10			11:22AM 2.84								12:23PM 2.22						5:26AM 1.55		12:58PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			5:23AM 1.92					7:56PM -0.27								8:02PM 1.79			6:25AM 1.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	7	2	4	4	6	10	11	13	2
Temp. °C	6	5	5	6	7	7	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 SW	1.6 W	-	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	1.5 SW	0.8 S	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	15	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Pillar Point Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Deep Creek Washington	Deep Creek Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3118	4231	1888	1763	1641	3128	1525	1412	1386	1275	1314	1191	1191	690	690	690	648	520	520	509	509	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:56AM 1.74	2:03AM 2.10									11:50AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	10

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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