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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Canada Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	4	3	4	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 W	1.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 SSW	1.9 W
Period(s)	15	14	11	14	18	10	10	5	7	6	8	8	8	4	7	9	9	8	9	10	8	9
Energy	375	313	336	285	387	615	144	12	306	150	189	282	2750	3	144	1193	501	1091	2725	450	362	925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53PM 3.59	12:29PM 2.88		11:43PM 3.73	1:23PM 2.99		12:29AM 3.82	n/a n/a	9:19PM 1.96	9:45AM 1.68		9:53PM 1.88	2:20AM 3.70	n/a n/a	11:07PM 1.87	3:02AM 3.54		n/a n/a	4:10AM 3.28		12:34AM 1.60	4:59AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 0.14	6:24PM 2.24		6:49AM -0.05	7:16PM 2.25		n/a n/a		3:55AM -0.05	4:15PM 0.27		8:21PM 1.42	n/a n/a		9:04PM 1.33	10:19AM 0.39	n/a n/a	10:14PM 1.31	11:07AM 0.21	6:58PM 0.32	11:15PM 1.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	12	21	21	15	19	8	15	19	22	19	13	15	19	14	15	19	15	17	17	14
Low °C	17	16	12	21	20	12	14	8	12	16	22	13	11	13	14	12	14	14	13	16	13	11
Chill °C (?)	17	21	12	21	21	14	19	5	14	19	22	19	11	15	19	13	14	19	14	17	17	12
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:24	-	-	10:25	-	9:36	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.1 W	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.9 W	1.3 W	-	2.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 SSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	7	10	11	9	10	10	10	5	7	6	8	8	8	4	7	9	9	-	9	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SW	-	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	18	18	13	-	7	7	6	6	20	-	7	18	18	-	16	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	-	0.5 SW	-	3.0 WNW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	7	-	3	-	8	-	7	-	-	8	9	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 13	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	11PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Port Renfrew Vancouver Island	Florencia Bay Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period(s)	8	15	15	15	10	14	14	11	10	14	14	14	18	18	11	10	10	10	10	10	5	5
Energy	182	474	375	327	393	313	465	336	396	334	285	223	309	387	148	615	548	478	144	740	14	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	17	17	17	21	19	12	13	21	21	21	20	21	26	12	12	12	15	14	7	8
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	17	17	21	19	12	13	21	21	21	20	21	26	11	11	11	15	14	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	18	18	18	18	18	13	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	9PM	10PM	11PM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	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	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	16	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	15	9	14	14	14	14	10
Energy	131	155	182	558	764	474	477	472	375	317	327	327	325	397	393	245	152	313	444	465	465	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	20	21	18	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	20	21	18	19	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	9:35	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	15	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	6	11	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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