Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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 4AM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
!
3
4
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.2
W
2.4
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010109998776888914141414141717109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)177220399041066565476463509408247170159927567103991291239611395137207
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
NE
5
SSW
10
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
3.42
12:52PM
3.18
12:50AM
3.61
1:40PM
3.22
1:26AM
3.75
2:27PM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
0.86
6:40AM
0.50
6:39PM
0.93
7:23AM
0.23
7:17PM
1.04
8:06AM
0.07
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:30-------6:28-------6:26---
Sunset8:15-------8:15-------8:17-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C765556787777777777778111110
Feels °C (?)411123321345444554323645
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