Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 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
9.6° 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 5AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.9
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)998888881212111111101081088816161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21624625023824424421121623533931123318216512310013312211669125174210267
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
NNE
10
S
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
3.81
3:17PM
3.15
2:45AM
3.77
4:10PM
3.03
3:30AM
3.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.19
8:51AM
0.02
8:39PM
1.34
9:39AM
0.08
9:26PM
1.50
10:31AM
0.24
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset8:19-------8:21-------8:22-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C10111212121414131313131314131213121211101011109
Feels °C (?)5699912111111111011121110111010988977
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