Cox Bay surf break

Cox Bay surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 PDT
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Cox Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cox Bay sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cox Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cox Bay at 1PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Cox Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151919151515151818181818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18317917313511310914413513710410310394148219214209183195185264200346292
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SW
5
SSW
0
E
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
0
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
3.13
5:08AM
2.58
4:57PM
3.04
6:04AM
2.41
5:36PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
1.24
11:00PM
1.00
10:37AM
1.47
11:51PM
1.08
11:15AM
1.69
12:54AM
1.15
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
Sunrise6:33-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset----8:14-------8:12-------8:09---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141616161817171615151615151514141516161616161615
Feels °C (?)141716171817171615141515161614141516161614161514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cox Bay (calm at Tofino Airport 9 km from Cox Bay). 0.5m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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