Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
8.3° 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 3AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.3
WNW
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
5
S
5.5
S
5
S
Period(s) (?)881010109999999119159910111213131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1258313112518313713410410276535281244210009181325258642366340875590377539
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
ESE
40
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
3.58
2:29PM
3.34
2:48AM
3.64
3:16PM
3.16
3:24AM
3.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
0.69
8:26AM
0.88
8:26PM
0.88
9:12AM
0.82
9:01PM
1.14
10:02AM
0.82
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:20-------7:18--
Sunset-------5:51-------5:52-------5:54
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light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------221--22143434542
Temp. °C434333343334545545666677
Feels °C (?)1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-3-2-4-3-2-4-4-2-3-3-3-20
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