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

	Fri		Sat				Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed		Thu				Fri
	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	Cox Bay Vancouver Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.7 SW	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W
Period(s)	12	10	8	9	8	11	8	8	21	8	9	18	13	18	12	11	8	5	12	10	18	10
Energy	535	603	282	281	297	1260	238	272	751	276	196	553	746	794	970	983	56	12	521	324	855	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 4.36	7:36PM 1.62	8:20AM 1.16		8:22PM 1.26	12:30AM 3.24		8:54PM 1.64	1:15AM 3.31		9:52PM 1.64	1:46AM 3.37		3:27PM 2.82	2:25AM 3.22		10:53PM 1.57	n/a n/a		5:30PM 3.85	3:46AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 0.26		2:19PM 0.45	2:30AM 0.21		3:02PM 0.45			3:30PM 0.35			9:37AM 0.79		8:38PM 1.69	9:28AM 0.49		n/a n/a	10:52AM 0.98		10:02PM 1.71	11:10AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	6	5	8	6	10	12	7	13	8	10	15	15	13	12	12	15	16	10	10	12	17
Low °C	7	5	5	7	4	8	10	4	12	8	8	13	15	12	12	12	13	14	10	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	7	2	1	5	3	7	12	7	12	8	8	15	15	13	11	12	15	15	9	8	11	17
Sunrise	5:24	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	5:45	5:22	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	10:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.4 W	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 W	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	10	8	9	8	11	8	8	7	8	9	18	13	18	12	11	5	5	12	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	8	9	8	9	14	9	9	21	9	7	9	18	13	16	16	8	4	15	9	18	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	0.7 N	0.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	2	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Friday 29				Saturday 30								Sun	Sat	Sunday 31						Mon	Sun
	11AM	11AM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	2PM	9PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	Long Beach (Tofino Airport) Vancouver Island	China Beach Vancouver Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Right Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	South Chesterman Beach Vancouver Island
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	-	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	10	11	11	11	8	7	8	8	7
Energy	0	535	719	699	603	580	432	282	313	281	258	160	297	153	1260	504	309	238	223	285	272	936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	9	5	5	10	8	8	10	10	10	7	5	13
Chill °C (?)	10	7	3	2	2	2	2	1	6	5	6	2	2	10	6	6	10	8	8	7	2	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 W	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	10	11	11	11	8	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	4	8	9	5	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNE	-	0.5 N	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	-	3	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	6AM	7AM	11AM	12PM	10AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Vancouver Island	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Tow Hill Beach Vancouver Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s)	12	12	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	1040	1023	0	0	614	535	706	706	719	718	704	699	699	573	603	563	552	580	506	510	432	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a							7:48PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a														2:35AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	10	10	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	6	6	10	9	8	7	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	3

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