Canada Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Canada 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 Canada region.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canada Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canada Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canada Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canada Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canada Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canada Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canada Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canada Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canada Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon		Tue
	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.2 ESE	1.5 SW	0.7 E	-
Period(s)	-	7	21	8	8	18	6	6	16	7	8	8	8	8	7	18	10	9	8	10	7	-
Energy	0	83	1023	67	67	1031	150	104	1057	125	128	532	153	120	344	378	136	617	220	559	93	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7
High °C	19	20	11	12	13	11	17	15	12	11	11	15	20	23	20	23	26	21	18	12	14	10
Low °C	17	15	8	10	13	10	14	13	11	11	9	14	17	22	20	20	26	19	18	12	14	9
Chill °C (?)	19	20	9	12	12	10	17	15	10	10	10	15	20	23	20	23	26	21	18	11	14	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	9:31	-	-	-	10:17	-	8:58	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	9:00	10:27	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.3 W	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.2 ESE	1.5 SW	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	8	8	9	5	6	16	7	8	8	8	8	7	10	10	9	8	10	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	1.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	21	10	11	18	6	7	10	5	4	15	14	14	14	18	18	16	7	16	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	10	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10										Thursday 11						Fri	Thu
	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	3	4	1	1	1	0	3	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	-	-	5	6	7	6	21	21	20	8	8	8	-	19	18	18	18	6	5	6	6	16
Energy	0	0	82	56	83	204	1023	934	1374	67	67	67	0	896	1031	1154	1115	150	42	101	104	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	24	21	17	15	9	8	10	12	13	13	20	10	10	10	10	14	17	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	17	17	24	21	17	15	8	7	10	12	12	12	20	10	10	10	10	14	17	15	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	5	4	5	8	7	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	9	9	10	18	5	7	6	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	5	-	8	21	21	20	10	10	11	-	19	18	18	10	6	9	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.8 SE	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	4

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	3	4	1	1	1	0	3	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	21	21	21
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	90	0	56	95	59	83	91	91	204	202	1024	1023	965
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	24	24	19	21	19	18	17	17	17	15	15	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	24	24	19	21	19	18	17	17	17	15	15	8	8	8
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	5	8	7	-	-	8	8	7	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	6	7	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	-

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