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Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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
10.9° 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 3PM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)13ft (4.0m)17s
Afternoon (20 Nov)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
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3
3
3
3
4
4
5
!
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4
4
3
3
3
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
4
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)121716151414131312121212141615151515151515151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)584805211353891065144435335524582078204413901783338853755040484444974415390439574027517650305606
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
S
20
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
3.54
1:23AM
3.06
12:25PM
3.53
2:00AM
3.04
12:57PM
3.50
2:38AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.77
6:50PM
0.57
6:37AM
1.83
7:23PM
0.58
7:10AM
1.89
7:58PM
0.63
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-7:39-------7:41-------7:43------
Sunset---4:37-------4:36-------4:35----
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light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1------1384112342258910121
Temp. °C9101010101010109910101010111111111211111199
Feels °C (?)46666666558777881091087533
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