South Chesterman Beach surf break

South Chesterman Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 PDT
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South Chesterman Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Chesterman Beach sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Chesterman Beach today?

The current surf forecast for South Chesterman Beach at 9PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414151414141414141216161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)378368408342332284272298319267335390295290341224185328287234232244273255
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
S
0
ESE
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
W
5
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassoncross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
2.88
11:14AM
2.56
10:08PM
3.00
11:50AM
2.72
11:02PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
1.99
4:25AM
0.89
4:15PM
1.86
5:14AM
0.71
5:07PM
1.66
5:55AM
0.53
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset--8:04-------8:01-------8:00-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616161515151616161516151515151516141415141415
Feels °C (?)151515161515151615151315141515161416141416141314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at South Chesterman Beach (light winds from the WNW at Tofino Airport 10 km from South Chesterman Beach). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the W and a 0.4m 8s swell from the WNW as well as a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 42 min ago

17 km/h
WNW
Cross-On
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