Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Surf Forecast

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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 11 Sep 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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 12PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	15s
Afternoon (11 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s
Evening (11 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun 14
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	10	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	209	331	440	670	961	1040	1179	1245	1085	1183	1157	1135	983	954	877	796	607	524	466	495	545	1285	1234	936
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	WSW	W	NW	NW	NNE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	E	SSE	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				3:43PM 3.61				4:40AM 2.93				4:24PM 3.53					5:43AM 2.73				5:13PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)		9:26AM 0.98				10:23PM 0.39				10:07AM 1.27					11:19PM 0.50			10:56AM 1.55					12:24AM 0.65

	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun 14
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	14	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) (light winds from the SSE at Tofino Airport 11 km from Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)). 0.7m 16s long period groundswell from the W with a 0.6m 10s swell from the WNW and a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 42 minutes ago Tofino (North Chestermans Beach)

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1 h 42 min ago

7 km/h

SSE

Clean

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