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Tow Hill Beach surfForecast / Vancouver Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 15 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
5.9° 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 1PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 15). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (15 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.2
W
4
ESE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)7766881011108777612121268888811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)241514740111142435246436651474952107161229223176503
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
25
SSE
40
SE
55
SE
60
SE
70
SE
65
SE
50
SSE
35
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
NW
20
NW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
4.08
11:53AM
4.53
12:58AM
4.41
12:38PM
4.81
1:25AM
4.76
1:20PM
5.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
2.29
6:25PM
1.01
6:34AM
1.87
7:00PM
0.78
7:12AM
1.42
7:32PM
0.63
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---8:02-------8:00------7:56-----
Sunset-----7:50-------7:52-------7:53--
cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
mod snow
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--2--133382-12311----1---
Temp. °C422213677777764444334533
Feels °C (?)-1-4-7-11-13-13-8-4022343-1-10-1-2-3-1-1-2-1
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