Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
8.8° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
2
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212111110101010101013121212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10299899898969510823224423326433332736943423412951898158612971087846620
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
35
E
30
ESE
10
ESE
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NE
5
S
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
3.32
12:34PM
3.29
12:54AM
3.43
1:18PM
3.29
1:24AM
3.49
1:58PM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.93
6:41PM
0.77
7:10AM
0.74
7:14PM
0.90
7:46AM
0.62
7:46PM
1.05
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------6:58-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:53-------7:54--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------165252---------
Temp. °C655677887656655666677887
Feels °C (?)32123232-1-1-3-1222344454565
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