Smugglers Beach

Nanaimo, Canada

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Flat (0 m) at 2 s, heading toward NW, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward WSW.

Swell

0 m

NW

2 s

Wind

9 km/h

WSW

Cross-onshore

Tide

2.8 m

Rising

Weather

19 °C

Clear

17 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

1 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

2 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

3 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

4 AM

Poor

0 m · 1 s

WNW

3 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.9 m

Clear · 11 °C

5 AM

Poor

0 m · 1 s

WNW

2 km/h · 2 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.1 m

Clear · 10 °C

6 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

2.4 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

7 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

2.5 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

8 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.6 m

Overcast · 11 °C

9 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

5 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.5 m

Fog · 14 °C

10 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

2 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

2.4 m

Overcast · 16 °C

11 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

2.4 m

Overcast · 17 °C

12 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

6 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

2.3 m

Overcast · 19 °C

1 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

7 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

2 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

WNW

9 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

2.4 m

Clear · 19 °C

3 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

2.6 m

Clear · 19 °C

4 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

9 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

2.8 m

Clear · 19 °C

5 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

2.9 m

Clear · 19 °C

6 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

3.1 m

Clear · 18 °C

7 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

3.1 m

Clear · 17 °C

8 PM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

NW

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

3 m

Clear · 15 °C

9 PM

Poor

0 m · 1 s

WNW

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

2.7 m

Clear · 14 °C

10 PM

Poor

0 m · 1 s

WNW

5 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Clear · 13 °C

11 PM

Poor

0 m · 1 s

WNW

4 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

2 m

Clear · 13 °C

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