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St. Mary Lake Beach

British Columbia · Canada

IntermediateBeach break48.896, -123.537

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St. Mary Lake Beach is a W-facing pebble beach on the Canada shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — 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: ~14.4°C (57.9°F) on average

Jan

7.2°C

45°F · 6.5–8.2°C

Feb

7.2°C

45°F · 6–8.5°C

Mar

7.9°C

46.2°F · 6.7–9.2°C

Apr

9.4°C

48.9°F · 7.7–10.8°C

May

12°C

53.6°F · 9.7–13.8°C

Jun

14.1°C

57.4°F · 12.4–16.1°C

Jul

15.8°C

60.4°F · 13.8–18.2°C

Aug

16.2°C

61.2°F · 13.2–18.2°C

Sep

14.4°C

57.9°F · 12.2–16.6°C

Oct

11.4°C

52.5°F · 9.5–13.3°C

Nov

9.2°C

48.6°F · 7.7–10.8°C

Dec

8°C

46.4°F · 6.7–9.6°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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