Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 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
8.7° 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 2AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)9101111111111101010101010999988888167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79310861349143014301388120810668407108657706674953203062972341611301008994117
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
2.68
8:20AM
3.08
10:15PM
2.82
9:42AM
3.11
11:05PM
3.00
10:50AM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
1.90
3:30PM
0.80
3:48AM
1.71
4:32PM
0.72
4:53AM
1.44
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:11-------7:09-------7:07---
Sunset-------7:45-------7:47-------7:49
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C887767777665556665555557
Feels °C (?)3434345541001111110122-1-2
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