Nanaimo Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:52 AM and sunset is at 06:01 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sun morning, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryA light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Wed morning will be washed away by heavy rain (total 24mm) on Wed afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Mon morning, min 2°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the WSW by Wed afternoon). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMild with light rain (total 5mm) on Thu afternoon. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Thu morning, min 0°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 3 | Wednesday 4 | Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wed 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:24PM3.93m | 6:31AM4.54m | 6:19PM3.94m | 6:54AM4.48m | 7:13PM3.95m | 7:17AM4.38m | 8:08PM3.95m | 7:40AM4.26m | 9:05PM3.93m | 8:01AM4.12m | 10:09PM3.90m | 8:20AM3.98m | 11:26PM3.87m | 8:33AM3.86m | 1:02AM3.88m | 8:37AM3.75m | 2:31AM3.96m | 8:21AM3.64m | 3:25AM4.04m | 11:27AM3.51m | 4:00AM4.10m | 1:14PM3.51m | 4:25AM4.15m | 2:27PM3.60m | 4:45AM4.20m | 3:27PM3.73m | 5:04AM4.25m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:03PM2.48m | 11:46PM1.37m | 12:39PM2.19m | 00:24AM1.71m | 1:13PM1.93m | 1:02AM2.08m | 1:48PM1.73m | 1:41AM2.47m | 2:24PM1.58m | 2:21AM2.85m | 3:02PM1.51m | 3:05AM3.18m | 3:45PM1.49m | 3:59AM3.45m | 4:36PM1.51m | 5:16AM3.62m | 5:36PM1.53m | 7:31AM3.64m | 6:43PM1.51m | 9:44AM3.50m | 7:45PM1.44m | 9:37AM3.33m | 8:39PM1.36m | 9:58AM3.10m | 9:25PM1.30m | 10:25AM2.82m | 10:06PM1.32m | 10:55AM2.48m | |||||||||||||||||||
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light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | light snow | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light snow | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | cloudy | some clouds | |
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3 | 5 | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 15 | — | — | |
max°C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Moonrise | — | 6:43 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 10:22 | — | — | 11:35 | — | — | — | 1:46 | — | — | 2:54 | — | — | 3:55 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | 7:10 | — |
Moonset | 6:58 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:41 | — | — | 10:15 | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:56 | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 2:15 | — | — | — | 3:32 | — | — | 4:49 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 7:27 |
 | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — |
 | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:24 |
Today's sea temperature in Nanaimo is 7.4° C (Statistics for 03 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.2 max: 9.8 min: 6.4°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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