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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British-Columbia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	2	0	4	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SW
Period(s)	21	20	20	18	18	18	16	11	-	10	10	-	18	11	19	17	10	17	16	16	-	16
Energy	696	276	283	696	574	949	1049	956	0	925	574	0	1027	602	1860	1215	409	926	1094	623	0	423
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 3.31		3:22PM 3.96	1:50AM 3.28		3:27PM 2.82	2:21AM 3.16			3:01AM 3.20			3:46AM 3.02		5:26PM 2.74	4:34AM 2.87		6:20PM 2.83		5:29AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		9:01AM 0.76		8:02PM 1.68	8:52AM 0.43		8:30PM 1.62	9:28AM 0.47	2:21PM 0.74	9:16PM 1.87	10:52AM 0.98	2:55PM 0.87	10:02PM 1.71	10:42AM 1.01		10:53PM 1.69	11:17AM 1.12		11:55PM 1.63	12:10PM 0.90	4:55PM 1.62	1:03AM 1.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	1	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	12	15	18	18	18	15	12	20	12	12	17	12	11	9	10	11	10	10	11	13	11
Low °C	12	10	14	17	17	17	13	12	18	10	11	15	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	18	18	18	15	11	20	11	11	16	12	11	9	9	11	10	8	11	13	11
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:14	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.2 W	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	9	8	18	9	13	12	11	-	10	10	-	11	11	11	10	10	17	7	8	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	21	20	9	9	18	18	16	16	-	16	15	-	18	14	19	17	17	-	16	16	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	2.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	12	16	11	16	11
Energy	225	767	696	611	629	276	570	283	593	669	696	678	581	574	761	949	975	1081	1049	1047	1015	956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 3.31					3:22PM 3.96			1:50AM 3.28					3:27PM 2.82				2:25AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)						9:01AM 0.76			7:57PM 1.79					8:52AM 0.43				8:36PM 1.82				9:28AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	13	15	13	14	12	14	15	18	17	18	17	18	17	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	15	13	14	11	14	14	18	17	18	17	18	17	18	17	16	14	12	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Sunset	10:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	6	6	7	9	9	8	8	19	19	18	18	18	9	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	22	9	21	21	20	20	20	9	9	8	9	9	8	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in British-Columbia	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) 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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	8	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Energy	157	225	225	236	626	767	772	916	696	670	661	611	627	617	629	629	602	276	310	305	570	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									1:15AM 3.31													2:51PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)				8:12PM 2.31												8:17AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	14	14	16	12	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	11	12	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	14	14	16	11	12	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	20	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	22	22	21	21	9	9	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	8	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Rhode-Island
Florida	New-Jersey	South-Carolina
Georgia-USA	New-York	Texas
Louisiana	North-Carolina	Virginia
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