Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tow Hill Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tow Hill Beach sea temperature is
6.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tow Hill Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tow Hill Beach at 10AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Tow Hill Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
0
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)1012111111101010101010101010101010101096666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83411441065841714753902917753650510510514461452379327277228173157182195178
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
45
SSE
20
S
40
SSE
35
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NNE
35
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
5.63
4:52PM
4.75
4:45AM
5.47
5:45PM
4.39
5:31AM
5.19
6:49PM
4.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31AM
0.35
10:29PM
1.48
11:20AM
0.56
11:13PM
1.87
12:19PM
0.86
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--7:45-------7:41-------7:39-----
Sunset------8:02-------8:05-------8:07-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
Rain (mm)
----2-----------21------
Temp. °C102433111112311123222331
Feels °C (?)-6-7-5-7-4-7-8-6-5-5-6-4-3-4-3-3-5-5-5-6-8-7-6-7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tow Hill Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest