Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 31 Aug 2025 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 8AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (31 Aug)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
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
1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)66666777777777777871212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)140122121120127173214255277334255207168128179180201244227235228237217213
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
3.44
7:14PM
4.25
9:35AM
3.35
8:31PM
4.15
11:17AM
3.53
10:00PM
4.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.80
12:56PM
2.69
2:52AM
1.85
2:26PM
2.89
4:13AM
1.70
4:02PM
2.84
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset------8:39-------8:37-------8:36-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313141414131413131314161514141514141617161413
Feels °C (?)101011121110810891010131110111211121415141212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vancouver Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Tow Hill Beach (moderate winds from the WNW at Rose Spit Airport 12 km from Tow Hill Beach). 1.0m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 36 min ago

22 km/h
WNW
Cross-On
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