Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 8AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010666788888888888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172125386148222360580800640587935627306306388344277201168142142176439541
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
N
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
0
WNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
W
15
W
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
3.31
4:34PM
2.77
3:52AM
3.19
5:22PM
2.62
4:29AM
3.05
6:23PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.74
9:52PM
1.69
10:51AM
0.88
10:30PM
1.83
11:42AM
1.02
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:47-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:02-------8:04-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1110910108876556788877677888
Feels °C (?)86443-110-1-203346534343565
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest