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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 27 Jan 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
6.6° 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 7AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (27 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)777151414131318171616151413131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)415391434267260232285285225288329402275268229280282319304359353289284260
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
60
SE
55
S
45
SSE
50
SE
55
SE
65
SE
75
SE
75
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
4.84
9:00PM
3.65
8:36AM
4.86
10:32PM
3.85
9:54AM
5.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
2.13
2:29PM
1.28
2:08AM
2.38
3:46PM
1.03
3:31AM
2.40
4:52PM
0.69
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise---8:41-------8:41-------8:38----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:19-------5:21--
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--321122----332--1--3214
Temp. °C777788997888889988888888
Feels °C (?)-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-3-2-4-6-7-700-1010-1-2-20
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