Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 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
6.1° 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 12PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101010101099988887777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)753650569504514461443400489392331228177134129956646432827252323
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
S
20
SW
15
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
5.47
5:45PM
4.39
5:31AM
5.19
6:49PM
4.04
6:27AM
4.85
8:15PM
3.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
0.56
11:13PM
1.87
12:19PM
0.86
12:10AM
2.25
1:32PM
1.14
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:37-----
Sunset------8:05-------8:07-------8:08-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-------------1121-
Temp. °C111233332212233100024544
Feels °C (?)-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-6-6-3-2-1-1-2
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