Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
10.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) at 5PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (15 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
W
3
WNW
2.2
W
2.5
WNW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)991010101010109998776158891414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5175897109981420196690411575655214454223922931601089275681039912912396
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
NE
5
SSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
0
E
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
3.08
12:16AM
3.42
12:52PM
3.18
12:50AM
3.61
1:40PM
3.22
1:26AM
3.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
0.83
6:03PM
0.86
6:40AM
0.50
6:39PM
0.93
7:23AM
0.23
7:17PM
1.04
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset----8:15-------8:15-------8:17---
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C567886444668776667777777
Feels °C (?)221331001323233444455443
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