Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
8.9° C
(Which is 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 6AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)111010109988999999991010121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)951706520399383463512512513436366355304258247247260266614499482403338279
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
0
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
3.51
2:37PM
3.16
2:21AM
3.48
3:14PM
3.05
2:50AM
3.41
3:52PM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
1.05
8:21AM
0.56
8:17PM
1.22
8:55AM
0.57
8:48PM
1.38
9:30AM
0.63
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:57-------7:58--------
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8876678778899910101010101010111213
Feels °C (?)553213433457787777887899
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