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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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 Canada	China Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	2	1	4	4	0	0	4	2	0	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.1 W	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	0.9 S	2.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.2 S	-	-	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	-
Period(s)	11	5	8	8	14	13	-	7	8	12	4	8	8	7	10	8	4	-	-	13	8	-
Energy	484	1	341	151	1422	1323	0	83	1347	332	20	597	93	63	1396	269	2	0	0	1584	1299	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	9:18PM 1.93	9:59AM 1.68	3:13PM 3.11	2:28AM 3.74	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:20AM 3.57		n/a n/a	12:17AM 1.78		1:10PM 1.55			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10AM -0.13	n/a n/a		4:08AM -0.05		8:28PM 1.47	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:22PM 1.51	10:44AM -0.02	n/a n/a	6:04PM 0.33	6:50AM 0.09		11:29PM 1.74	12:31PM 0.35	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:09AM 1.53	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	18	14	11	11	14	6	11	14	4	17	12	14	14	14	9	10	9	9	10	8
Low °C	10	12	10	11	11	10	12	4	10	12	3	9	9	14	8	11	9	9	9	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	13	12	18	13	10	10	12	3	9	14	-1	16	10	12	12	14	7	10	8	6	6	7
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.1 W	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	0.9 SSE	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	-	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	11	5	8	8	14	13	-	7	8	8	-	8	8	7	10	8	4	-	-	-	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.9 W	0.8 W	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	18	14	13	-	7	12	12	-	9	9	9	15	15	4	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	2.3 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.4 NNW	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	2	-	-	6	4	8	-	4	8	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	13	8	-

	Sunday 17						Monday 18										Tuesday 19
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	-	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	-	7	7
Energy	1112	997	799	484	415	217	341	259	189	151	130	107	99	1422	1357	1485	1323	1139	778	0	83	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM 3.81						9:18PM 1.93				9:59AM 1.68			3:13PM 3.11				2:28AM 3.74		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			7:51AM -0.13	8:10AM -0.13					4:08AM -0.05				4:19PM 0.24			8:28PM 1.47				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	9	13	14	18	12	10	10	11	14	16	17	11	10	10	11	11	11	6	4	4
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	13	14	18	11	8	8	9	13	15	16	11	10	10	11	11	11	3	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.9 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	-	-	-	18	18	18	9	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	-	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	2	2	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4

	Sunday 17																				Mon
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay 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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	2.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	3002	2892	1112	1097	1010	997	883	886	799	677	711	484	422	415	415	359	724	217	404	361	341	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:55AM 3.81																	9:18PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)									7:51AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	13	13	14	14	14	20	18	16	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	9	9	9	10	13	13	14	14	14	20	18	15	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	3	3	3

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