Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Surf Forecast

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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT

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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) sea temperature is 15.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) at 2AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (14 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	SSW	W	SW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	13	8	16	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	475	337	413	405	406	225	232	291	237	112	79	162	129	120	68	64	77	393	643	683	670	584	487	402
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	S	SE	N	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNE	E	S	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	E	E	ENE	SSE	SSE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 3.38				7:01AM 2.58				6:17PM 3.20					8:31AM 2.55			7:41PM 3.08					9:55AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)			12:24AM 0.65				12:00PM 1.79				1:42AM 0.76				1:31PM 1.90					3:03AM 0.76				3:11PM 1.83

	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35

Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	11	13	13	13	15	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	14	13	12	13	15	15	14	13	15	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) (calm at Ucluelet wx 32 km from Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)). 1.7m 8s swell from the SSW with a 1.4m 10s swell from the W and a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 50 minutes ago Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)

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32 km away, 1 h 50 min ago

2 km/h

SSE

0.0

15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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