British-Columbia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

British-Columbia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the British-Columbia region.

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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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 British-Columbia	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	0	1	4	2	1	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	-	10	11	10	8	21	20	8	18	18	12	12	11	10	16	12	11	18	19	19	17	17
Energy	0	196	1260	298	179	810	276	147	566	553	927	990	975	806	804	520	55	910	1177	546	1137	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 4.44	12:30AM 3.24		2:43PM 3.96	1:15AM 3.31		3:40PM 1.93	1:46AM 3.37		4:03PM 3.93	2:25AM 3.22		4:14PM 2.79	3:04AM 3.13		5:26PM 4.25	3:46AM 3.02		6:17PM 3.83	4:34AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 0.74	7:35PM 2.05		8:00AM 0.24			9:01AM 0.76	7:25PM 1.65		8:52AM 0.43		8:38PM 1.69	9:28AM 0.49		9:18PM 1.70	10:52AM 0.98		10:02PM 1.71	10:43AM 0.67		10:53PM 1.69	11:25AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	12	4
High °C	11	10	10	14	10	14	12	19	17	15	17	14	13	15	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11
Low °C	10	10	8	10	10	12	11	19	15	13	15	12	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	8	7	14	9	14	12	19	17	15	17	14	12	15	11	11	8	11	9	9	11	11
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	10:06	-	-	10:13	-	-	9:08	-	-	10:15	-	-	9:27	-	-	10:12	-	-	10:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	10	11	10	8	7	9	8	18	18	12	12	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	9	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	4	14	14	14	21	20	20	9	9	18	16	16	16	16	15	19	18	19	19	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	3	4	-

	Saturday 30						Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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 British-Columbia	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	11	-	-	10	-	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	22	7	21	21	20	20	8	8	19	19
Energy	329	0	0	196	0	153	1260	727	1200	298	187	179	222	1158	810	653	585	276	145	147	587	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				2:17PM 4.44	7:38PM 4.49		12:30AM 3.24					2:43PM 3.96			1:15AM 3.31					3:40PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	7:41AM 0.63		12:10PM 0.74						7:42AM 0.41									9:01AM 0.76			7:57PM 1.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	11	13	10	14	10	8	8	9	14	10	10	11	14	14	12	12	12	19	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	5	11	13	8	14	10	6	7	9	14	9	9	11	14	14	12	12	12	19	19	17	15
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	10	-	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	-	4	14	14	14	14	14	14	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.2 E	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	10	-	-	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	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 British-Columbia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy	610	601	329	329	272	0	0	0	0	208	200	196	196	192	0	153	153	153	518	575	1260	1198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:17PM 4.44					7:38PM 4.49					12:30AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)		6:58AM 0.42	7:41AM 0.63					12:10PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	8	8	11	12	12	13	9	10	10	10	10	14	11	10	10	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	6	5	11	12	12	13	7	8	8	8	8	14	9	8	10	6	6	6	7
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11

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