Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 18 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
8.5° 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 3PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)121212121210101010999881010109999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49433046439740422131536332225921116611983131125183137134132126747351
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
5
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
3.55
1:44AM
3.48
1:45PM
3.47
2:15AM
3.58
2:29PM
3.34
2:48AM
3.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.19
7:24PM
0.56
7:44AM
1.01
7:54PM
0.69
8:26AM
0.88
8:26PM
0.88
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-7:26-------7:24-------7:22------
Sunset---5:47-------5:50-------5:51----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1---------------111--
Temp. °C345543222234333323433234
Feels °C (?)-11220-2-3-1-2-3-20-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-4-4-3
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