Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 10 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
9.8° 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 1PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
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
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)191212121718181818181515171616161616988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183289236228243316316316312204176223168264268330264226197262246240338264
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
S
10
SE
10
S
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
S
5
NNW
0
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
2.77
8:58PM
2.51
7:51AM
2.70
9:54PM
2.64
9:15AM
2.74
10:35PM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.15
2:08AM
1.98
3:06PM
1.09
3:28AM
1.79
4:00PM
1.00
4:26AM
1.51
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:08-------8:09---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111110111111111111109998889998888
Feels °C (?)98881099109877787777554433
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