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Tofino Harbour, BC Daily Water Report — September 7, 2026

Fog writes the rules this morning, and kayaking still wins the day. Tofino Harbour scores 8.5 for kayaking and 8 for boating on a light west-northwest breeze and a wind-wave field that is effectively flat, with surfing a close 8.4 on a modest, longer-period sea. Sailing is the odd one out at 4.6, starved of wind, and fishing sits at a middling 5.8. Those figures are suitability scores, not permission slips, and the real gate is atmospheric: visibility is 0.1 km under a full cloud deck, humidity near 98 percent, and weather code 45. That is fog, not underwater clarity, and it is the tradeoff every boat and paddle has to respect. Air is cool and narrow, 12.9 to 16.0 C, with a representative 13.7 C and no rain indicated. Wind for the day runs 1.0 to 6.9 knots after a 15.4-knot gust at midnight; the representative reading is 1 knot from the west-northwest, gusting to 9. Combined waves hold 0.9 to 1.0 m, calmest near 16:00 at 0.92 m, with a 0.72 m swell at 8.55 seconds from 253 degrees under a 0.98 m sea at 11.55 seconds. High water is 2.85 m at 2:01 p.m., bracketed by a 0.62 m low at 7:27 a.m. and a 1.68 m low at 7:28 p.m. The morning solunar major, 9:34 to 11:34, is the fishing window the score actually uses, along with tide state, a rising 1019 hPa pressure, wind, and available clarity—hence the modest 5.8 rather than a banner day. Diving is 6.5 on wind, waves, available clarity, and 14.2 C water, a touch above average. Wildlife is 6 on solunar timing, low-tide proximity, and wind. Kayaking and boating look cleaner than yesterday’s 5.2 and 6.3, when winds sat near 6.4 knots; surfing has eased from 9.4, fishing from 7. Through the coming days air stays cool, winds stay light, and rain chances remain low until 30 percent on the 11th. Waves build from 0.9–1.3 m tomorrow toward 1.5–2.1 m on the 10th, then ease late week. Best bet: work the afternoon high and that 16:00 wave dip, and treat the fog as the skipper, not the scenery.