Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 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
7.0° 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 12AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 18). 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 (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.5
W
1.8
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)77118111014141413121111710591616615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1718111010816163328452338462416124880126224422593725782
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
15
ESE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
5.09
2:59AM
5.85
3:58PM
4.95
3:41AM
5.75
4:49PM
4.73
4:27AM
5.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.26
9:30AM
-0.08
9:28PM
1.49
10:17AM
0.06
10:15PM
1.76
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:31-
Sunset--8:53-------8:55-------8:58-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--2-111----------------
Temp. °C788777778888876777555556
Feels °C (?)-2-113234466665200-1-1-3-2-2-3-4-3
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