Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 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 2PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.3
W
1.2
W
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)78881414131313131313131212111110101010101312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1501811651131107110299899898969514623224423350062563730526815351884
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
30
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
3.25
12:22AM
3.32
12:34PM
3.29
12:54AM
3.43
1:18PM
3.29
1:24AM
3.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
1.17
6:04PM
0.69
6:30AM
0.93
6:41PM
0.77
7:10AM
0.74
7:14PM
0.90
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise7:05-------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:51-------7:52-------7:53----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------474211---
Temp. °C345555655668877556666665
Feels °C (?)-11121132221220-2-4-22343332
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