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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
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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
6.6° 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 4PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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)
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)888111111111111101817161515151514141414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1731151732231891851491148378559518322728316516713213493928889112
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
0
ENE
5
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
4.67
12:29AM
4.07
11:40AM
4.88
1:03AM
4.26
12:21PM
5.08
1:36AM
4.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
2.54
5:45PM
1.02
5:33AM
2.40
6:25PM
0.77
6:15AM
2.22
7:02PM
0.55
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-8:57-------8:56-------8:56------
Sunset---4:54-------4:57-------4:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C665555444445566666676755
Feels °C (?)553210-10-1-1-1-1012222232311
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