Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 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
9.5° 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 8AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)8888888888141413131311919191916161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2261681131109694113174165221202189171212282292249251183181129175243316
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
5
NE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
NNW
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
3.05
6:23PM
2.50
5:16AM
2.90
7:39PM
2.46
6:22AM
2.77
8:58PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.02
11:20PM
1.96
12:47PM
1.12
12:32AM
2.03
2:01PM
1.15
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:47-------6:45-------6:41-----
Sunset------8:04-------8:06-------8:07-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C88898889999109910101010101010999
Feels °C (?)555655677778557798877678
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