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.

Vancouver Island Surf Forecast

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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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	La Push Washington	Crescent Washington	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) 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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	The Dump Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.0 W	4.5 SSW	6.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	12	10	10	11	10	10	13	12	12	10	7	10	10	11
Energy(?)	652	1136	907	438	81	594	637	1058	1215	951	784	783	409	3407	12154	4020	1844	911	560	1631	975	1647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:36PM 3.35	2:37AM 3.73		3:22PM 3.24	3:13AM 3.75		4:11PM 2.99	3:45AM 3.63		5:08PM 2.91	4:38AM 3.55		6:55PM 1.63		5:56AM 2.38	7:33PM 1.80		6:42AM 3.13		9:19PM 2.62	8:20AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25AM 0.47		8:23PM 0.90	9:08AM 0.37		8:59PM 1.11	9:53AM 0.37		9:37PM 1.37	10:43AM 0.47		10:24PM 1.58	12:18PM -0.14					12:32AM 1.26		4:15PM 0.04	2:18AM 1.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	9	5	9	2	3	3	-	1	5	4
High °C	10	7	6	6	8	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	9	6	5	6	5	6	7	6	5
Low °C	8	7	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	6	4	8	5	4	5	4	4	7	2	5
Chill °C (?)	8	2	1	4	4	5	6	3	2	4	4	4	1	5	0	0	4	2	2	2	3	2
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	1.4 SSE	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	9	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.8 SW	1.7 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	17	10	10	21	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	-	-	18	11	9	10	8	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.6 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	2.0 SE	4.5 SSW	6.0 SW	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	10	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	10	13	11	-	-	7	-	-	-

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	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	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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	Neah Bay Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	8	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	12	12
Energy(?)	725	652	992	1136	887	632	907	409	371	438	463	549	150	144	213	404	1171	1192	1164	580	1487	1480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
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	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:36PM 3.35				2:29AM 3.69				3:22PM 3.24				4:08AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25AM 0.47				8:23PM 0.90				9:08AM 0.37				9:04PM 0.66				9:41AM -0.20				9:39PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	7	5	5
Chill °C (?)	8	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	5	5	3	6	5	4	5	3
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 SW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	10	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	18	13	18	18	17	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	8	7	6	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	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	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	Neah Bay Washington	Crescent Washington	Crescent Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10
Energy(?)	901	725	725	725	652	652	652	627	610	1060	1061	1136	355	539	408	418	963	963	1000	186	877	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										2:36PM 3.35												2:37AM 3.73
Low Tide / height (m)				8:25AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	5
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	7	6	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	12	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	14	14	14	10	10	18	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	8	8	10	8	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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