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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 19 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 10PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (19 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
2.4
SE
0.7
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
0.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101111101010101010791099151313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)646580575575509523598647672599521501356294240160540869611018811220232132
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
25
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
50
SE
60
SE
50
SE
25
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
40
S
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
on		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
5.27
2:55AM
5.57
3:22PM
5.22
3:28AM
5.66
4:05PM
5.03
4:05AM
5.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.67
9:05AM
0.38
9:13PM
0.86
9:46AM
0.29
9:49PM
1.14
10:31AM
0.35
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------7:50-------7:47-------7:45-
Sunset-7:58--------8:00-------8:01-----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light snow
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------21-----19------
Temp. °C442221133344445433111113
Feels °C (?)-20-2-2-2-4-4-2-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-8-10-8-5-6-6-7-9-7
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