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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 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
9.7° 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 3AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
2
1
2
1
3
3
!
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211111110101010888161615151414131313111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)235339311233182162126120131120159831251742102673293774309291532246016891975
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
5
SE
10
S
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassonglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
3.77
4:10PM
3.03
3:30AM
3.64
5:09PM
2.90
4:23AM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
1.34
9:39AM
0.08
9:26PM
1.50
10:31AM
0.24
10:21PM
1.63
11:31AM
0.43
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset8:21-------8:22-------8:23-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------231------
Temp. °C1514131413141313131110101010109999999910
Feels °C (?)131211121113121210878777878787778
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