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 07:54 AM and sunset is at 04:17 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Fri night, min 7°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Mon afternoon, min 4°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 24mm), mainly falling on Thu night. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Fri morning, min -1°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow. Milder later with heavy rain (total 25mm) on Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Tue afternoon, min -2°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
5
Saturday
6
Sunday
7
Monday
8
Tuesday
9
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
4:03PM4.40m
7:43AM4.84m
4:49PM4.29m
8:31AM4.85m
5:39PM4.12m
9:18AM4.81m
6:34PM3.89m
10:04AM4.75m
7:39PM3.61m
10:46AM4.68m
9:03PM3.32m
11:26AM4.61m
10:45PM3.13m
12:02PM4.52m
00:46AM3.14m
12:35PM4.41m
2:43AM3.39m
1:05PM4.29m
4:03AM3.74m
1:33PM4.17m
4:59AM4.05m
2:00PM4.06m
5:42AM4.28m
Low Tide
11:45AM3.67m
11:50PM-0.22m
12:42PM3.68m
00:37AM-0.12m
1:42PM3.62m
1:24AM0.13m
2:46PM3.50m
2:11AM0.51m
3:57PM3.31m
2:59AM0.97m
5:14PM3.04m
3:48AM1.49m
6:26PM2.69m
4:39AM2.03m
7:20PM2.31m
8:03PM1.93m
8:38PM1.58m
8:03AM3.33m
9:11PM1.27m
9:18AM3.53m
9:42PM1.02m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
some clouds
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
some clouds
light rain
light rain
mod rain
some clouds
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
light snow
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
mod rain
mod rain
cloudy
 km/h
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SSW
10
W
15
SSE
20
ESE
10
S
25
WNW
20
NW
10
W
5
ESE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
5
W
15
WNW
5
SW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
 mm 
2
1
2
4
2
4
8
1
11
11
1
1
18
5
5
7
8
max°C
8
9
10
10
10
7
7
8
9
8
10
8
8
7
9
8
7
5
4
4
4
6
5
4
4
2
0
0
0
-1
0
0
3
4
5
5
Moonrise
4:40
5:56
7:21
8:45
10:05
11:21
12:33
1:42
2:51
4:00
5:10
Moonset
9:24
10:25
11:08
11:37
11:59
12:15
12:29
12:42
12:55
1:09
1:25
1:45
Sunrise
7:54
7:54
7:56
7:56
7:58
7:58
8:00
8:00
8:02
8:03
8:03
8:03
Sunset
4:17
4:17
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:17
Today's sea temperature in Nanaimo is
7.8° C
(Statistics for 05 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 8.8 max: 9.7 min: 6.9°C)
Issued (local time): 3 am Friday 05 Dec 2025
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