Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 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
9.6° 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 7AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
W
1.2
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)881581414131313111119191212161718181818181510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92113110168202189171212272245240251183361289175243316316316316204176128
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
N
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
2.50
5:16AM
2.90
7:39PM
2.46
6:22AM
2.77
8:58PM
2.51
7:51AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
1.96
12:47PM
1.12
12:32AM
2.03
2:01PM
1.15
2:08AM
1.98
3:06PM
1.09
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:45-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset8:04-------8:06-------8:07-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C89999101010111111101011101010109101010109
Feels °C (?)5777787678108897787788787
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