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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 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
8.6° 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 2PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (15 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
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4
4
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)81313138991010111111111111121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7070704612863977711241507172617261759149121312977312929952888254522812072194617941582
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
3.10
12:02AM
2.97
11:39AM
3.22
12:33AM
3.14
12:24PM
3.32
1:03AM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.82
5:41AM
1.51
6:13PM
0.70
6:23AM
1.22
6:46PM
0.64
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise7:37-------7:35-------7:33-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:29-------7:30----
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heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
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light rain
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light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
134668881415121285576379647
Temp. °C3233334568999999999109999
Feels °C (?)-3-4-4-3-5-4-3-2-1343356766787777
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