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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 27			Thu		Friday 29			Sat				Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	2	5	2	2	0	3	2	2	1	0	4	2	1	3	3	0	3	3	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.5 W	1.8 W	1.2 E	1.5 E	-	1.4 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	-	1.7 WNW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	9	21	18	8	8	-	12	10	9	8	-	11	8	8	21	20	-	18	13	12	13	11
Energy	405	456	3369	226	329	0	535	331	294	93	0	1182	205	144	862	702	0	721	707	63	1207	1195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:39AM 1.79		10:58PM 3.24		6:57PM 1.59	n/a n/a	1:39PM 4.36	7:57PM 1.64	8:28AM 1.43		n/a n/a	12:34AM 3.40		8:54PM 1.64	1:15AM 3.31		n/a n/a	1:50AM 3.28		4:07PM 4.39	2:25AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 2.03		1:14PM 0.45	1:55AM 0.28	n/a n/a	7:03AM 0.76	2:27AM 0.25		2:24PM 0.30	n/a n/a		3:16PM 0.43			8:17AM 0.40	n/a n/a	8:02PM 1.68	9:37AM 0.79		8:38PM 1.69	9:28AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	18	15	8	7	8	8	6	8	7	15	9	12	9	12	11	13	13	14	16	12	12
Low °C	15	17	13	8	4	8	7	6	6	7	9	7	10	5	10	11	11	11	13	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	5	3	7	8	2	5	4	15	6	12	8	11	11	13	12	14	16	11	10
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	5:48	5:24	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	9:02	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 E	1.5 E	-	1.4 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	-	1.3 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	-	12	10	9	8	-	11	8	8	8	8	-	8	13	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 W	1.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	18	7	7	-	-	9	9	8	-	14	9	9	21	20	-	18	18	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	3	-	-	4	3	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 27				Thu	Wed	Thursday 28						Friday 29								Sat
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	11AM	2PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	4	2	2	2	1	5	5	5	4	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 E
Period(s)	20	9	9	21	9	18	18	17	16	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	12	10	10	10
Energy	1126	405	381	456	115	3509	3369	3179	2920	226	548	285	329	0	0	0	0	535	517	447	331	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:39AM 1.79			10:58PM 3.24						7:10PM 1.57		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		1:39PM 4.36	7:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	5:43AM 1.19			3:05PM 2.03					5:50AM 0.65	1:14PM 0.45				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					2:35AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	17	18	18	8	15	15	13	13	8	8	7	5	8	7	8	8	8	9	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	8	17	18	18	5	15	15	13	13	5	5	3	0	7	6	7	7	8	7	1	3	2
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.5 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	20	9	9	8	7	8	8	17	16	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	15	22	10	7	18	18	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 N	1.7 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	3	8	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3

	Wednesday 27														Thu	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	4	2	2	2	1	5	5	5	4	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s)	9	20	20	19	18	9	18	18	9	9	21	21	21	-	9	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy	651	1157	1126	1420	1781	405	3073	3894	381	332	496	456	452	0	115	2516	2627	3509	3294	3344	3369	3267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:10PM 4.13						n/a n/a				10:58PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)	5:06AM 0.80													n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	9	9	9	17	11	11	18	17	18	18	18	11	8	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	7	8	8	8	17	11	11	18	17	18	18	18	9	5	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	0.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	20	20	19	18	9	18	18	9	9	8	8	8	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	22	22	10	10	10	-	7	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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