Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 18 Jul 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
12.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average 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 7PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)--
Afternoon (18 Jul)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (18 Jul)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.5
SSW
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)877777151515151516161677777148777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)470408451855714307286233181148191212219214204204190165155196222217217245
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
NW
5
E
5
SE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
10
NW
5
NW
0
W
0
SE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
3.29
8:35AM
2.48
8:16PM
3.34
10:01AM
2.53
9:17PM
3.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
1.29
2:18AM
0.78
1:43PM
1.55
3:27AM
0.64
2:58PM
1.72
4:34AM
0.47
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise------5:39-------5:39-------5:41-
Sunset--9:20-------9:19-------9:17-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313121212131313131313121213131313141414141414
Feels °C (?)121112111110111111131213121112111212131314141313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) (light winds from the S at Tofino Airport 11 km from Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)). 1.8m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the W. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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