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Second Beach

Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Second Beach 5 photos

  • China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 3

    China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 3. DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 1

    China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 1. DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards southeast 20240829 2

    China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards southeast 20240829 2. DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards southeast 20240829 1

    China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards southeast 20240829 1. DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Chinabeach

    Chinabeach. Clump, CC0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 11 am to 2 pm, sunset 6:11 pm
8 am
6.8
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.9
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.9
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.7
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
10°C51°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
64 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
96 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:11 pm
Today
4.1Fair8 am138
3.9Poor9 am2013
4.2Fair10 am1811
4.3Fair11 am1711
5.6Good12 pm1510
5.5Good1 pm138
6.0Good2 pm1912
3.8Poor3 pm2515
6.3Good4 pm1912
6.3Good5 pm1912
6.7Good6 pm128
Fri
6.8Good8 am53
6.8Good9 am42
6.7Good10 am85
6.8Good11 am85
6.9Good12 pm42
6.9Good1 pm21
6.8Good2 pm32
6.9Good3 pm21
6.9Good4 pm11
6.8Good5 pm21
6.7Good6 pm11
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 4 am, -1.1 m. High at 11 am, 1.4 m. Low at 5 pm, -1.3 mLow 4 am, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 11 am, 1.4 m5 ftLow 5 pm, -1.3 m4 ftNow5 am11 am5 pm11 pm
  • Low 4 am, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 11 am, 1.4 m5 ft
  • Low 5 pm, -1.3 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 53%
  • Sun4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 57%
  • Mon6.6 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 9%
  • Tue6.7 GoodBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 11%
  • Wed5.6 GoodBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 12%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
51 km32 miVictoria Inner Harbour Airport (YWH)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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