Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) today (16 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 21s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 21s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) at 4PM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am June 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Jun) | 3ft (0.9m) | 21s |
| Afternoon (16 Jun) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 21s |
| Evening (16 Jun) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Fri 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 543 | 890 | 890 | 956 | 1170 | 995 | 850 | 738 | 960 | 959 | 959 | 974 | 998 | 1363 | 1006 | 607 | 607 | 607 | 516 | 666 | 1146 | 2166 | 1599 | 1385 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 3:03PM3.11m | 2:20AM3.70m | 3:51PM3.12m | 3:14AM3.52m | 4:39PM3.11m | 4:10AM3.28m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:29AM-0.19m | 8:21PM1.42m | 9:18AM-0.13m | 9:16PM1.36m | 10:05AM0.01m | 10:14PM1.31m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 |
 | — | — | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | 9:30 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 19 | WNW 8 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | SW 18 | SW 17 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 |
| kJ | 543 | 890 | 890 | 763 | 658 | 533 | 552 | 738 | 599 | 959 | 959 | 738 | 535 | 844 | 575 | 414 | 370 | 333 | 417 | 516 | 434 | 1172 | 870 | 761 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 19 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 169 | 169 | 172 | 172 | 169 | 222 | 163 | 152 | 959 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 104 | 460 | 522 | 607 | 607 | 607 | 516 | 70 | 69 | 390 | 381 | 310 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 18 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | — | — | S 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 49 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 25 | 218 | 154 | 105 | — | — | 45 | 104 | 69 | 69 | 102 | 105 | 101 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 66 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 6 | W 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 |
| kJ | 351 | 236 | 581 | 956 | 1170 | 995 | 850 | 709 | 960 | 522 | 865 | 974 | 998 | 1363 | 1006 | — | — | — | — | 666 | 1146 | 2166 | 1599 | 1385 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 125 | 827 | 1186 | 1021 | 827 | 125 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 122 | 147 | 826 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 137 | 765 | 167 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Vancouver Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest