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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	2	3	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	-	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	10	10	15	14	10	14	18	10	10	9	6	6	6	8	8	19	8	8	9	-	9
Energy	712	233	239	396	312	311	365	326	615	103	60	86	109	130	90	2500	460	117	462	581	0	3184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:05PM 3.42	11:34AM 2.73		10:53PM 3.59	12:29PM 2.88		11:40PM 3.93	1:23PM 2.99		1:36AM 5.83		9:19PM 1.96	9:45AM 1.68		10:13PM 1.93	2:20AM 3.70		10:45PM 1.81	3:04AM 3.52		n/a n/a	4:10AM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20AM 0.81	4:01PM 1.45		5:52AM 0.14	6:24PM 2.24		6:49AM -0.05	7:16PM 2.25		8:18AM -0.23		3:55AM -0.05	3:57PM 0.18		8:21PM 1.42	9:38AM -0.16		9:32PM 1.81	10:19AM 0.39	n/a n/a	10:14PM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	19	17	20	13	21	20	13	12	13	15	19	17	16	13	17	19	13	13	9	14
Low °C	12	13	18	17	17	13	18	19	12	12	12	13	15	15	13	11	14	16	11	12	7	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	19	17	20	13	21	20	12	10	13	15	19	17	15	11	17	19	11	13	6	12
Sunrise	-	5:15	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-	5:26	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	10:24	-	-	10:25	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	2.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	10	7	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	6	6	16	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	5	16	16	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	5	6	6	16	6	20	19	6	18	18	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Fri	Thu	Friday 12						Sat	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	0AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	8PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	1	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	6	16	16	16	16	10	10	8	7	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	14	18	18
Energy	62	765	712	1320	775	233	236	73	126	551	396	348	317	312	346	311	377	385	365	229	315	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 3.52					11:34AM 2.73	n/a n/a		10:39PM 3.50					12:29PM 2.88				11:40PM 3.93
Low Tide / height (m)					5:03AM 0.40			n/a n/a					5:57AM 0.15				6:24PM 2.24				6:49AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	12	13	15	16	13	7	16	17	17	17	20	20	13	13	20	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	13	15	16	12	6	16	17	17	17	20	20	13	13	20	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 NNE	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	6	10	16	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	10	10	9	9	6	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	5	16	16	16	16	5	5	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Fri		Thu		Friday 12
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay 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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	1	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s)	7	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	10
Energy	64	99	62	78	758	765	830	706	712	712	1312	1320	1314	1314	775	781	233	233	795	236	236	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:54PM 3.52														11:30AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)				12:08AM 0.23									5:03AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	12	12	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	5	5	5	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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