Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 07 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
9.4° 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 6PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)88888888888888815141413131311919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5814512402915063352701721461109693135330299153202189171212272308203251
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
N
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
0
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
2.62
4:29AM
3.05
6:23PM
2.50
5:16AM
2.90
7:39PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.88
10:30PM
1.83
11:42AM
1.02
11:20PM
1.96
12:47PM
1.12
12:32AM
2.03
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:48-------6:47-------6:45-------
Sunset----8:02-------8:04-------8:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C56789887788788888998910109
Feels °C (?)233475544654656666546797
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