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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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 British-Columbia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island
Rating	8	7	4	4	5	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.8 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	15	14	13	12	9	8	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	10	9	8	21	20	20
Energy	7284	6906	2533	1169	3248	1659	0	3689	1727	0	0	0	0	413	468	0	119	199	157	686	598	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:26PM 3.03	10:25AM 1.79		10:19PM 3.18	11:21AM 2.71	5:21PM 3.94	10:58PM 3.24	12:41PM 1.84	6:12PM 4.20	3:59AM 4.13		6:57PM 4.38	12:50AM 4.74		7:38PM 4.49	1:41AM 5.12		2:43PM 3.96	1:15AM 3.31		3:22PM 3.96
Low Tide / height (m)	3:08PM 1.11	4:03AM 1.00		4:25PM 1.67		5:06AM 0.80			6:11AM 0.56		11:21PM 3.28	11:38AM 0.85			7:50AM 0.85			8:26AM 0.78			8:12AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	14	13	12	12	18	14	18	19	18	13	14	8	10	14	10	9	9	10	14	13
Low °C	11	9	11	13	12	12	17	13	16	19	13	13	12	7	8	11	8	8	9	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	11	14	13	11	12	18	14	18	19	18	11	13	7	9	13	8	9	8	8	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	-	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	9	8	-	8	16	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	10	9	8	9	20	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.8 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	15	16	16	16	15	-	18	9	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	4	14	14	21	8	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	9	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	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 British-Columbia	China Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Ambleside Park Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	4	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	2	0	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period(s)	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	9	9	9	8	9	-	-	18	18	17
Energy	1438	7284	7270	7480	6906	5351	3718	2533	1748	1169	910	3437	3248	2284	676	1659	500	0	0	3723	3689	3480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:36PM 3.10				10:25AM 1.79				10:19PM 3.18					11:39AM 1.79		5:21PM 3.94	10:58PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 1.11				4:14AM 0.98				4:25PM 1.67					5:03AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	17	18	17	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	9	11	10	10	9	11	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	17	18	17	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	8	9	-	-	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	18	15	15	15	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	22	-	-	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	8

	Monday 25												Tuesday 26
	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 British-Columbia	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China 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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) 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
Rating	4	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	2	0	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1335	1335	1438	1616	7309	7284	7097	7264	7270	7269	7482	7480	7711	6665	6906	6021	5412	5351	4697	4309	3718	3130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:36PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)				2:55PM 0.98	3:08PM 1.11													4:14AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	-	-	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	15	15	18	14	15	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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