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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	Thu		Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	The Strait Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	Neah Bay Washington	La Push Washington
Rating	3	2	0	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	9	9	8	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	10
Energy	481	337	646	468	299	254	565	853	846	1313	893	809	588	590	390	437	349	563	768	420	241	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 3.40			1:05AM 3.46		2:13PM 2.87	1:38AM 2.44		3:02PM 2.92	2:07AM 2.75		3:40PM 2.84	2:46AM 3.24		4:08PM 2.70	3:20AM 2.46		6:42PM 3.65	4:02AM 3.00		5:57PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)	7:04PM 2.99		7:57AM 0.42	7:10PM 1.48		7:48AM 0.68	7:38PM 1.40		8:33AM 0.44		8:18PM 1.80	9:08AM 0.50		8:56PM 1.66	9:33AM -0.14		9:24PM 1.26	11:19AM 1.93		10:14PM 1.82	11:11AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	11	11	15	14	17	17	16	18	16	14	13	14	12	11	14	11	10	12	11
Low °C	13	9	11	11	10	11	12	16	15	15	17	15	13	11	12	11	9	10	11	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	9	10	10	10	15	13	17	17	16	18	16	14	13	13	11	10	13	8	9	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	9	9	18	8	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	6	12	10	12	12	13	16	18	18	16	16	18	15	15	16	17	14	14	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	7	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 30				Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sun
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	16	16
Energy	330	621	335	626	600	671	606	484	495	468	286	580	568	517	591	254	420	306	323	1461	853	992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:57PM 3.76				12:35AM 3.46				1:48PM 3.01				1:13AM 3.41					3:26PM 3.77			1:43AM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)			6:45PM 1.49				7:09AM 0.38				7:17PM 1.62				7:46AM -0.27	8:10AM 0.81			7:49PM 3.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	13	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	14	15	16	14	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	10	12	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	14	14	16	14	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	6	6	12	12	14	10	10	7	12	12	12	11	12	11	19	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Thursday 30												Friday 01
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Neah Bay Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	La Push Washington	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	Hoko River Kydaka Washington	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	336	530	330	576	481	437	459	349	518	532	335	580	575	661	603	333	528	301	300	715	758	694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:53PM 2.16											12:44AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)								6:46PM 0.80													7:25AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	17	13	12	12	10	11	9	9	11	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	8	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	4	15	15	12	15	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

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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