Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Apr 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
7.3° 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 3PM is: 1.2m 4s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)4s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.2
W
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
1
W
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010451615151414131313131313131313121212677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184218558012622442282221182084184417931793199520842052187645115231332303312440458
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
4.73
4:27AM
5.52
5:45PM
4.45
5:19AM
5.17
6:51PM
4.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
0.06
10:15PM
1.76
11:10AM
0.33
11:08PM
2.05
12:10PM
0.67
12:13AM
2.31
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:35-------6:31-------6:30-------
Sunset----8:58-------9:00-------9:01---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C677756555667665556766666
Feels °C (?)-10-1-1-3-1-2-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-4-4-4-2-1-2-2-2-2-2
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