Long Beach (Tofino Airport) surf break

Long Beach (Tofino Airport) surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT
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Long Beach (Tofino Airport) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach (Tofino Airport) sea temperature is
12.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Beach (Tofino Airport) today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach (Tofino Airport) at 3AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (17 Oct)5ft (1.6m)18s
Evening (17 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Long Beach (Tofino Airport). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
0
1
2
1
2
4
5
5
3
3
3
1
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
1.5
W
2.2
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
W
4
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
Period(s) (?)9911111111181716161616151414149991112151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82363110674164964915974465440239553329276820961352104567211561251102030194631132651394411188
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
5
E
10
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
E
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
5
SE
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
2.80
10:50AM
2.92
10:54PM
2.86
11:23AM
3.04
11:42PM
2.92
11:52AM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
0.84
4:55PM
1.14
5:06AM
0.88
5:36PM
0.91
5:43AM
0.95
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:46-------7:47-------7:48---
Sunset-------6:29-------6:27-------6:24
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
1----------1335147124421-
Temp. °C1112121110111111101010109888911111111111211
Feels °C (?)81111656567987530-1210667665
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Long Beach (Tofino Airport) (calm at Ucluelet wx 21 km from Long Beach (Tofino Airport)). 2.0m 12s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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21 km away, 37 min ago

2 km/h
WNW
0.0
12.2
Air / Water (°C)
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