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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Deep Creek Washington	La Push Washington	Crescent Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Crescent Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	4	7	5	9	8	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	12	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	5516	6730	2346	1727	1272	790	6943	6376	3270	5198	4034	4287	6699	5110	3306	2000	1673	1185	4350	4025	2834	1883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.84		6:01AM 2.12	4:58PM 2.84		5:21AM 2.52	6:06PM 2.64		8:07AM 2.14		7:27PM 1.83	7:08AM 2.66		8:57PM 1.84	8:09AM 4.55			8:51AM 4.56			9:50AM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 1.22		10:35PM 0.78	12:44PM 1.10		10:55PM 1.35	12:06PM 0.77		11:40PM 1.64		2:44PM 2.82	12:31AM 1.35		2:20PM 0.62	1:34AM 1.54		4:36PM 2.41			4:23PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	23	6	8	25	8	21	21	23	19	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	7	8	8	6	7	8	9	8	10	9	10	10	11	11	13	11	10	11	9	6
Low °C	5	8	5	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	10	9	10	10	10	11	12	10	9	10	6	6
Chill °C (?)	4	7	5	5	5	4	3	4	6	5	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	10	8	9	8	6
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	12	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	20	11	10	-	15	14	17	13	20	18	12	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSE	-	-	2.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08						Friday 09								Saturday 10
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Deep Creek Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	7	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	7217	5516	4762	4077	4493	3613	3880	2376	1550	1099	780	1272	1178	1126	1194	949	1556	2919	3468	6376	2726	4075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:02AM 3.05				4:02PM 3.10				4:46AM 3.23	7:08AM 2.01			4:54PM 2.16				6:19AM 4.53	7:39AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			10:48AM 1.54				10:06PM 0.37				12:22PM 3.17				10:52PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	14	-
Temp. °C	4	5	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	9	6	6	7	6	7	6	8
Chill °C (?)	2	1	4	4	7	5	6	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	13	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08	Friday 09
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Deep Creek Washington	Pillar Point Washington	Deep Creek Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Crescent Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	7	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	8063	7258	6533	6184	7838	7365	8714	6821	5417	4700	4411	5398	5106	4756	4756	3135	3093	2830	2616	3109	2346	2810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:02AM 3.05	5:21AM 2.11										3:56PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)							10:02AM 0.86												10:40PM 2.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	0	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	15	15	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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