Long Beach (Tofino Airport) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
9.9° 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 4AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.6
WNW
1
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)77879914151414141717171099916168888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2461502968665678284118113107166229164153145186172217220256261219197
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
0
S
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
SW
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
NNE
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
ononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
3.47
1:27PM
3.15
1:11AM
3.60
2:16PM
3.12
1:51AM
3.66
3:06PM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.21
7:09PM
1.00
7:51AM
0.02
7:49PM
1.11
8:37AM
-0.05
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:28-------6:26-------6:24---
Sunset8:15-------8:16-------8:19-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C87777777777781013121213131313141614
Feels °C (?)22455444544346887991010121311
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