Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 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
12.4° 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 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
1.6
WNW
1.8
W
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)16151514141410913131212111112111010109991111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17015915515014814613212812520218918316432522019822120412513936654113221167
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglassglasscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrossglassglassoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
2.74
7:34PM
2.95
9:26AM
2.84
8:58PM
2.92
10:20AM
2.98
10:09PM
2.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
1.88
2:37AM
0.85
3:13PM
1.71
3:41AM
0.86
4:19PM
1.46
4:33AM
0.88
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise7:41-------7:43-------7:45-------
Sunset---6:36-------6:34-------6:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C910101111111110101111111010101091091011111111
Feels °C (?)6778898878898787676791088
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) (calm at Tofino Airport 11 km from Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)). 1.0m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the W and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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