Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
8.9° 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 4AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (10 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (10 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
2.2
WNW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)1212121213131212121212111111111189999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22962216209320382269230520711912220216801520130111481011730573129120091465775813699443431
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
0
S
15
SE
15
E
25
E
20
SE
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
2.63
5:12AM
3.13
6:50PM
2.47
6:01AM
3.00
8:27PM
2.41
7:13AM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
1.80
12:23PM
1.22
11:43PM
1.98
1:38PM
1.29
12:53AM
2.11
2:57PM
1.26
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----7:48-------7:46-------7:43---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--232222111134931-12112
Temp. °C444355555445333576555532
Feels °C (?)-2-11-3-1-1-1-10-103-1-2-40-3-4-4-2-20-1-1
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