Check the Beach

Shell Beach

Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Shell Beach 5 photos

  • Starfish

    Starfish. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Giant Sea Caves - panoramio

    Giant Sea Caves - panoramio. Kiwibirdman, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • East Point Park - panoramio

    East Point Park - panoramio. Kiwibirdman, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Orcas Island

    Orcas Island. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • East Point

    East Point. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:06 pm
8 am
5.6
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.6
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.9
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.0
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.0
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.1
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.5
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.9
14 km/h8 mph wind, Good
4 pm
7.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
11°C52°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
4125 km/hmph NW
Gusts
5735 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:06 pm
Today
4.8Fair8 am53
4.4Fair9 am85
4.3Fair10 am95
4.2Fair11 am43
5.3Fair12 pm43
5.7Good1 pm43
5.6Good2 pm53
5.2Fair3 pm138
6.2Good4 pm53
5.4Fair5 pm75
6.9Good6 pm96
Fri
5.6Good8 am2918
5.6Good9 am2918
5.9Good10 am2717
6.0Good11 am2616
6.0Good12 pm2616
6.1Good1 pm2415
6.5Good2 pm1912
6.9Good3 pm148
7.1Great4 pm106
7.1Great5 pm85
7.0Great6 pm74
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 4 am, -1.2 m. High at 11 am, 1.7 m. Low at 5 pm, -1.4 mLow 4 am, -1.2 m4 ftHigh 11 am, 1.7 m6 ftLow 5 pm, -1.4 m5 ftNow4 am10 am4 pm10 pm
  • Low 4 am, -1.2 m4 ft
  • High 11 am, 1.7 m6 ft
  • Low 5 pm, -1.4 m5 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 23 km/h14 mph, rain 41%
  • Sun3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h21 mph, rain 55%
  • Mon6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 17%
  • Tue6.6 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 9%
  • Wed4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 18%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms110 m370 ft away
  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 160 m510 ft. Listed as free

Getting there

Nearest airport
11 km7 miLyall Harbour Seaplane Base (YAJ)

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

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