Nanaimo Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 05:31 AM and sunset is at 08:52 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Wed night).

Days 13–16 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun night, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
16
Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
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High Tide
7:30PM4.60m
5:09AM4.31m
8:24PM4.74m
5:47AM4.28m
9:17PM4.79m
6:30AM4.19m
10:11PM4.78m
7:19AM4.04m
11:03PM4.73m
8:18AM3.80m
11:54PM4.67m
9:35AM3.51m
00:42AM4.62m
11:16AM3.25m
1:24AM4.58m
1:09PM3.15m
2:02AM4.52m
3:04PM3.28m
2:35AM4.45m
4:36PM3.56m
3:05AM4.35m
5:42PM3.86m
6:32PM4.13m
7:15PM4.33m
Low Tide
11:59AM0.23m
00:32AM3.38m
12:43PM-0.01m
1:27AM3.52m
1:29PM-0.08m
2:24AM3.58m
2:17PM0.02m
3:26AM3.57m
3:08PM0.27m
4:36AM3.47m
4:00PM0.65m
5:57AM3.26m
4:53PM1.11m
7:20AM2.93m
5:50PM1.61m
8:26AM2.52m
6:50PM2.11m
9:15AM2.10m
7:55PM2.56m
9:54AM1.70m
9:02PM2.93m
10:27AM1.36m
10:08PM3.21m
10:58AM1.08m
11:10PM3.40m
11:28AM0.87m
00:06AM3.50m
11:58AM0.73m
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloudy
light rain
some clouds
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
clear
km/h
15
NW
5
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
ESE
5
S
10
E
15
ESE
5
WSW
10
NW
5
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
NNW
5
E
20
WNW
15
NW
5
E
20
WNW
10
NW
10
E
5
SW
5
E
10
E
5
W
10
ESE
5
NE
5
WSW
0
NNW
5
SE
5
SW
10
SE
20
SE
35
ESE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
5
N
5
SE
10
WSW
0
NW
5
NE
2
3
2
3
8
2
2
19
4
3
1
1
2
max °C
11
13
13
12
14
13
13
15
14
13
16
15
13
18
18
15
17
16
13
14
15
13
14
14
15
18
17
18
19
17
11
11
11
10
11
10
10
11
12
11
12
12
11
13
13
11
13
Moonrise
4:52
5:31
6:25
7:36
8:59
10:24
11:47
1:05
2:20
3:31
4:42
5:53
7:04
8:15
9:22
Moonset
9:40
11:03
12:11
1:01
1:35
1:59
2:17
2:33
2:47
3:00
3:14
3:31
3:51
4:17
4:51
Sunrise
5:31
5:30
5:28
5:28
5:26
5:24
5:24
5:22
5:22
5:20
5:20
5:18
5:18
5:16
5:16
5:16
Sunset
8:52
8:53
8:54
8:57
8:58
8:59
9:00
9:01
9:02
9:04
9:05
9:06
9:07
9:07
9:08
9:09
Today's sea temperature in Nanaimo is
14.8° C
(Statistics for 16 May 1981-2005 – mean: 11.8 max: 13.4 min: 10.6°C)
Issued (local time): 10 am Saturday 16 May 2026
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