Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 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
7.1° 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 8AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)7777777777777111181110141414131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71717357574343402727271817111110228161658514523
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
5.61
2:25PM
5.11
2:20AM
5.79
3:11PM
5.09
2:59AM
5.85
3:58PM
4.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.18
8:06PM
1.11
8:45AM
-0.04
8:46PM
1.26
9:30AM
-0.08
9:28PM
1.49
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset------8:52-------8:53-------8:55-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------11----1---211-----
Temp. °C666776666667788777788888
Feels °C (?)433310-1-1-1-2-30-2-11243366555
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