Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 11 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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) at 12AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)151517161616161699878888878888815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176223170264268330264226202307384498555507395316385337226172169198272226
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
WSW
0
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
2.64
9:15AM
2.74
10:35PM
2.81
10:20AM
2.84
11:11PM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.09
3:28AM
1.79
4:00PM
1.00
4:26AM
1.51
4:46PM
0.91
5:14AM
1.18
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset--8:08-------8:09-------8:12-----
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clear
clear
clear
cloud
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light rain
light rain
mod rain
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Rain (mm)
--------------------1488
Temp. °C999988999998888888887667
Feels °C (?)6787656654534333224420-10
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