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North Beach

British Columbia · Canada

IntermediateBeach break54.120, -131.715

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North Beach is a W-facing sand beach on the Canada shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Alaska — it catches SW–NW swell, and offshore NE–SE winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~12.6°C (54.7°F) on average

Jan

7°C

44.6°F · 5.3–8.1°C

Feb

6.5°C

43.7°F · 5.2–8.6°C

Mar

6.3°C

43.3°F · 5–8.6°C

Apr

7.1°C

44.8°F · 4.7–9°C

May

9°C

48.2°F · 7.1–11.2°C

Jun

11°C

51.8°F · 9.5–12.5°C

Jul

12.9°C

55.2°F · 10.7–15.3°C

Aug

13.5°C

56.3°F · 11.2–15°C

Sep

12.6°C

54.7°F · 11–14.2°C

Oct

10.8°C

51.4°F · 9.3–12.8°C

Nov

9°C

48.2°F · 7.4–10.3°C

Dec

7.8°C

46°F · 6.6–9.5°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SW–NW

Best wind

NE–SE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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