Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 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
9.8° 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 7PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)15141414141417171099988888881212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)551039912912312111395183226237197227250250256256256222285339292220133
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
W
5
NE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassonglassglasscrosscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
3.22
1:26AM
3.75
2:27PM
3.22
2:04AM
3.81
3:17PM
3.15
2:45AM
3.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
1.04
8:06AM
0.07
7:57PM
1.19
8:51AM
0.02
8:39PM
1.34
9:39AM
0.08
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:26-------6:24-------6:22-
Sunset--8:17-------8:19-------8:21-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C77788891012111213131212151312121213131313
Feels °C (?)4555545566891099131010101010111212
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