Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
6.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tow Hill Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tow Hill Beach at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.5
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)109998888888887121111761010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32825420615817127741849341233921313811188988885896750121926666
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
5.01
12:12AM
4.63
11:55AM
5.24
12:50AM
4.93
12:42PM
5.38
1:24AM
5.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
2.14
5:35PM
0.60
5:41AM
1.74
6:18PM
0.41
6:28AM
1.36
6:56PM
0.34
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-7:37-------7:35-------7:33------
Sunset---6:21-------6:22-------6:24----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----111-----121221-1--12
Temp. °C224344566677666666777667
Feels °C (?)-4-4-2-2-2-2-111133111100220-2-4-4
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