Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 PST
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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
8.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) at 1PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1091616916151515151515151110141414677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1051021027058818712512312112184848181116108106230332293258189142
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
3.58
11:57PM
3.31
11:43AM
3.62
12:32AM
3.45
12:29PM
3.59
1:04AM
3.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
1.52
5:35PM
0.43
5:41AM
1.27
6:13PM
0.43
6:26AM
1.06
6:47PM
0.52
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:01------
Sunset---6:06-------6:07-------6:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------710742211
Temp. °C577777777888889889999999
Feels °C (?)354454554554544243446877
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