Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 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
10.0° 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 2PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)1818151517161616161698888888877888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312204176223170264268330264226202354406542570472395355426392284207177173
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
S
10
S
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
2.70
9:54PM
2.64
9:15AM
2.74
10:35PM
2.81
10:20AM
2.84
11:11PM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.09
3:28AM
1.79
4:00PM
1.00
4:26AM
1.51
4:46PM
0.91
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset----8:08-------8:09-------8:12---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------13
Temp. °C10109988888999888888888777
Feels °C (?)876766555654434443223321
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