China Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 31 Jul 2025 PDT
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China Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's China Beach sea temperature is
10.2° C
(Which is 4.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at China Beach today?

The current surf forecast for China Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)--
Afternoon (31 Jul)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (31 Jul)1ft (0.3m)16s

Table - waves today at China Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)1677171818186661716161616161616161615171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)736464838575594134306661595466669291908884108111111
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
2.41
6:53AM
1.61
6:45PM
2.42
8:51AM
1.51
7:29PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
1.10
1:19AM
1.08
11:34AM
1.29
2:34AM
0.98
11:49AM
1.45
3:45AM
0.85
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Sunrise------5:50-------5:52-------5:52-
Sunset--8:54-------8:52-------8:52-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222016141313161921201715141415181918151212121317
Feels °C (?)211815131112151819181615141315171615131011111216
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at China Beach (calm at SheringhamPoint-BC 14 km from China Beach). 0.7m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 7s swell, also from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
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Clean
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