Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 13 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
6.0° 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 6AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (14 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (14 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
3.5
SE
4
SE
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)888885777777667811121288777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1631219993948399594024241514713322186122777619413010686
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
35
SE
55
SE
70
SE
75
SE
70
SSE
50
SSE
35
SSE
20
S
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
3.76
10:57AM
4.25
12:29AM
4.08
11:53AM
4.53
12:58AM
4.41
12:38PM
4.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
2.65
5:46PM
1.29
5:52AM
2.29
6:25PM
1.01
6:34AM
1.87
Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-----8:03-------8:02-------8:00--
Sunset-------7:47-------7:50-------7:52
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------1154221112
Temp. °C212213332232212367876554
Feels °C (?)-1-3-3-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-3-4-7-12-13-13-9-4123120
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