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

	Monday 08			Tue		Wed				Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Backyards Nova Scotia	Martinique Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 ESE	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	10	-	6	6	-	8	18	10	7	16	16	8	8	8	7	7	18	7	12	7
Energy	587	383	72	0	73	50	0	66	1271	54	33	656	810	246	523	153	218	344	287	143	1014	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 2.91	8:25PM 4.45	n/a n/a		4:09AM 1.36	n/a n/a		9:01PM 3.15	11:09AM 4.05	n/a n/a	9:54PM 3.52	11:30AM 2.74	6:28PM 1.75	10:53PM 3.59	1:12PM 1.85	7:07PM 1.42	11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99	8:10PM 1.90	1:13AM 5.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01PM 1.03		2:50AM 1.96	n/a n/a	10:08PM 0.43	10:13AM 0.38	n/a n/a	3:41PM 1.82	3:55AM 0.74		n/a n/a	5:00AM 0.45	5:03AM 0.40	1:00AM 0.11		6:22AM 0.10	1:55AM -0.09		6:49AM -0.05			3:12PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	11	12	12	18	19	18	21	13	12	11	20	12	13	12	17	21	10	22	22	17	14	19
Low °C	11	12	10	18	15	16	20	13	10	11	14	11	13	10	15	18	8	21	21	11	12	18
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	18	19	18	21	13	10	10	20	11	13	10	17	21	10	22	22	16	13	19
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:24	-	9:31	-	-	9:32	10:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 W	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 W	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 ESE	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 S	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	10	4	7	6	-	8	9	10	7	16	11	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NW	1.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	15	8	8	-	7	8	-	6	18	5	7	10	16	8	15	14	8	14	10	7	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	4	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

	Monday 08						Tuesday 09						Wednesday 10									Thu
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	2PM	5PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	6	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	21	20	-	8	8	-	-
Energy	611	587	421	383	416	492	42	0	0	0	71	99	73	168	47	974	1095	0	78	66	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	6:36AM 2.57				7:44PM 2.91		3:45AM 1.17	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:13PM 1.19				4:11AM 1.37			n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 1.03					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			10:08PM 0.43			3:11AM 1.16		n/a n/a		3:41PM 1.82	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	17	18	18	19	19	17	15	15	9	10	20	13	13	20	19
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	10	11	11	8	17	18	18	19	19	17	15	15	8	10	20	13	13	20	19
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.6 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	8	6	5	5	4	7	5	7	6	6	9	9	-	8	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	15	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	4	7	7	6	8	21	20	-	10	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 SE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	4	3	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	6

	Monday 08																		Tuesday 09
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	11PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 W
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	8	8	15	15	15	14	15	9	6	9
Energy	509	615	611	601	597	587	580	679	421	397	404	383	787	732	416	448	461	492	417	284	42	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 2.57													7:44PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)								12:50PM 1.13	1:01PM 1.03													2:50AM 1.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	6	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	11
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.6 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	14	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	7	3	3	3	3	8	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	2

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