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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
6.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tow Hill Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tow Hill Beach at 7PM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (11 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
3
3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
2
WSW
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
W
2.3
SE
3
SE
1
W
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)1515141414131313121212121211131178161615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23421907150411621081133912459417713592994183412021338748510445221012116896511061018
Wind
(km/h)
70
SSE
50
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
55
SE
55
SSE
60
SSE
70
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
3.47
7:59AM
4.40
9:41PM
3.46
9:00AM
4.40
10:57PM
3.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
1.80
1:31AM
2.32
3:04PM
1.70
2:38AM
2.54
4:06PM
1.52
3:45AM
2.60
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------9:00-------9:00-------8:59
Sunset-4:47-------4:50-------4:51------
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
221421-------241--------
Temp. °C9910999999999898999111010978
Feels °C (?)-6-2311233555532-3-2-3-5445534
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