Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 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
8.7° 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 1PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111111010101010109999888888667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13491430143013881208106684071685576158948642230614513516113010091120299384328
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
10
WSW
20
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
3.08
10:15PM
2.82
9:42AM
3.11
11:05PM
3.00
10:50AM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
1.90
3:30PM
0.80
3:48AM
1.71
4:32PM
0.72
4:53AM
1.44
5:22PM
0.68
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:47-------7:49--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C777777766556666554455764
Feels °C (?)34445541101311211011-1-2-3-4
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