Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 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 5PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)16ft (5.0m)13s
Afternoon (26 Feb)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)12131313131312121212111111101010109998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64227847758861415186425732782722235517781365111186764153339932221117313494705045
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
W
15
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
4.62
10:30PM
3.92
9:53AM
4.76
11:28PM
4.28
11:01AM
5.01
12:12AM
4.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
1.14
3:34AM
2.47
4:42PM
0.87
4:45AM
2.14
5:35PM
0.60
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-7:43-------7:39-------7:37------
Sunset---6:16-------6:19-------6:21----
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C122211001111222222333234
Feels °C (?)-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-3-3-2-3-3-2-1-2-2-4-3-2
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