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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
7.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tow Hill Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tow Hill Beach at 7AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (17 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121211111112121212121212121515141413121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18311619950870691692589344280228178177132161205307232206187172157149141133
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
NNE
25
N
25
N
15
N
10
N
5
NW
0
WNW
5
E
5
E
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
4.82
1:19PM
5.32
2:04AM
5.04
1:57PM
5.34
2:33AM
5.22
2:35PM
5.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
1.47
7:41PM
0.34
7:50AM
1.20
8:11PM
0.38
8:27AM
0.98
8:43PM
0.54
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---8:03-------8:00-------7:58----
Sunset-----5:59-------6:00-------6:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111100-1-2-3-4-4-4-3-3-2-3-3-2-1-1-11
Feels °C (?)-8-9-8-8-7-6-7-7-8-10-12-13-13-12-11-9-7-7-6-6-5-6-6-4
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