Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
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 3PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)121211111110101010988999999999101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1699155813891191951706520386343426512468471413355311311264258257249260535499
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
WSW
10
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
NE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassonononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
3.24
1:52AM
3.51
2:37PM
3.16
2:21AM
3.48
3:14PM
3.05
2:50AM
3.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.62
7:46PM
1.05
8:21AM
0.56
8:17PM
1.22
8:55AM
0.57
8:48PM
1.38
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:57-------7:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1243331-----------
Temp. °C677888766777788889999101010
Feels °C (?)354466422333355657765887
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