Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 15 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
7.2° 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 10PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (15 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)999988888877777877777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36342737130725620216713799969191717173755743434340272718
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:43-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset--8:49-------8:50-------8:52-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1--112
Temp. °C676544456666666677665666
Feels °C (?)20-1-2-3-2-113343443210-1-1-2-1-2-1
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