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		Fri				Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon		Tue				Wed		Thu
	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	3	5	4	4	4	0	1	4	1	2	2	3	4	0	3	2	2	2	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.1 W	3.0 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	2.2 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.7 SSW	-
Period(s)	16	15	10	11	10	13	7	7	11	10	8	10	16	14	6	12	11	10	11	11	8	-
Energy	215	535	3118	2271	1000	2106	82	47	1898	242	304	342	827	1406	58	625	411	372	415	378	519	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:32PM 4.54		7:39AM 1.53		7:55PM 1.90	12:12AM 3.70	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:45AM 3.91		9:18PM 1.93	1:40AM 3.82		3:13PM 3.10	n/a n/a		4:45PM 4.77	3:47AM 4.94		5:01PM 2.97		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.48		1:38PM 0.25	2:24AM 0.02		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		8:31AM 0.29			8:39AM -0.15		n/a n/a	10:08AM -0.09		9:57PM 2.31	10:22AM 0.08		6:50AM 0.09	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	4	1	5	-	-
High °C	8	9	14	13	10	9	9	8	10	9	17	10	10	10	16	8	8	8	9	8	18	4
Low °C	6	8	10	11	8	8	8	6	7	7	10	9	9	10	15	6	8	6	9	8	15	4
Chill °C (?)	5	6	13	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	16	9	9	9	15	7	6	5	9	6	17	0
Sunrise	5:46	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	5:58	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	5:45	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	8:34	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:50	-	-	9:05	-	9:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.1 W	3.0 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.8 W	0.2 S	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	16	15	10	11	10	13	5	7	11	10	8	10	11	14	5	12	11	10	11	11	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 W	2.2 SSE	1.9 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	5	5	11	9	9	16	4	-	15	15	8	14	16	14	-	-	-	16	6	16	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.9 W	-	2.2 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	-	-	7	-	11	3	3	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	8	-

	Thursday 14					Friday 15							Sat	Fri	Saturday 16
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	11PM	2AM	2AM	9AM	8AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	0	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	-	-	1.5 W	3.0 ESE	2.0 W	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	-	-	13	10	13	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	10	10
Energy	167	215	380	535	0	0	796	3118	1459	2271	1885	1435	1000	2162	2106	1827	1568	84	82	76	447	431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:32PM 4.54		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:25AM 5.45	7:39AM 1.53				7:43PM 1.87			12:12AM 3.70			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	6:12AM 0.77				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			7:04AM 0.82	1:38PM 0.25							6:54AM 0.30	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:38PM 1.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	8	8	9	8	7	7	10	7	13	11	8	8	9	8	7	8	9	8	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	6	6	4	7	8	6	11	8	5	6	8	6	5	6	8	7	7	8	6
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	9:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	-	-	1.5 W	3.0 ESE	2.0 W	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	-	-	13	10	13	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12	6	5	5	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	11	5	-	-	-	11	18	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	15	5	4	-	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-

	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	2PM	12PM	5PM	2PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	0	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s)	9	9	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	13
Energy	219	217	167	163	220	215	276	320	380	447	471	535	0	0	0	0	0	0	725	704	796	796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:32PM 4.54					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		12:25AM 5.45
Low Tide / height (m)	5:25AM 0.63												n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	4	4	6	7	7	7
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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