Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 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 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: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
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
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)88777777777777777711811101414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105949171717173575743434028272717171811101081616
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
0
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
5.01
1:43AM
5.61
2:25PM
5.11
2:20AM
5.79
3:11PM
5.09
2:59AM
5.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
1.03
8:03AM
0.18
8:06PM
1.11
8:45AM
-0.04
8:46PM
1.26
9:30AM
-0.08
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset--8:50-------8:52-------8:53-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------11-11-111----1
Temp. °C676666677766666777787888
Feels °C (?)23334543220-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-112467
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