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

	Sun	Mon		Tue				Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cox Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	3	2	0	1	1	4	1	1	4	2	1	3	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	15	15	-	9	6	21	8	8	18	10	6	16	11	11	8	8	8	8	18	7	7
Energy	457	618	366	0	64	101	1013	69	57	1300	300	96	565	182	205	572	184	128	357	311	88	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 2.57	7:44PM 2.91	n/a n/a	8:36AM 3.86		8:23PM 3.17	9:55AM 3.88		9:01PM 3.15	12:54PM 2.03		9:54PM 3.52	12:07PM 1.77		10:53PM 3.59	1:12PM 1.85		11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99	8:25PM 1.94	12:34AM 3.80
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03AM 1.50	1:01PM 1.03		n/a n/a		10:08PM 0.43	3:11AM 1.16		3:41PM 1.82	3:55AM 0.74	5:57AM 1.05	12:04AM 0.22	5:00AM 0.45	5:32AM 0.38	4:01PM 1.45		6:22AM 0.10	4:56PM 1.54		6:49AM -0.05	2:59AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	17	10	20	11	12	12	12	15	13	12	17	18	16	22	25	23	22	15	24
Low °C	11	10	12	16	9	15	9	10	12	10	13	12	11	15	18	15	18	25	21	22	13	21
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	17	10	20	9	12	11	10	15	12	10	17	18	16	22	25	23	22	14	24
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	5:43	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	10:17	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 W	-	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 ESE	1.3 W
Period (s)	6	7	6	5	9	-	9	8	8	9	10	6	16	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	8	-	7	6	21	11	11	18	18	7	10	5	16	15	14	14	14	18	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Sun		Monday 08							Tuesday 09							Wednesday 10
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	11AM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
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	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Martinique Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 W
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	8	-	7	9	5	6	6	6	21	20	20	8
Energy	510	512	457	509	519	618	439	366	413	69	64	0	52	64	66	87	101	88	1013	1318	1670	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:56PM 2.81				6:36AM 2.57				7:44PM 2.91		3:06AM 1.35	n/a n/a		8:36AM 3.86	3:33PM 1.58							9:55AM 3.88
Low Tide / height (m)			1:03AM 1.50				1:01PM 1.03					n/a n/a	9:26AM 0.34				10:08PM 0.43			2:56AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	10	11	17	21	10	27	20	18	15	10	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	9	7	9	10	11	11	9	10	17	21	10	27	20	18	15	9	9	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	7	9	5	7	-	6	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	16	16	16	16	15	15	8	8	7	7	-	7	7	8	8	6	8	21	20	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	3	2	3	3	-	-	-	7	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07						Monday 08
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Wickaninnish 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	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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Wickaninnish Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	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
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	7	15	15
Energy	499	512	510	510	512	512	512	535	457	477	488	509	509	523	519	539	622	618	523	679	439	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 2.81												6:36AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)									1:03AM 1.50											12:50PM 1.13	1:01PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	8	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	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
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	2	2

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