Control Tower/Airport Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Control Tower/Airport Reef in - is an exposed reef break that has dependable surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. Offshore winds blow from the southwest. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the best wave direction is from the north northeast. Reef breaks provide lefts and rights. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Hazards include rocks, coral, urchins and rips.

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Overall Control Tower/Airport Reef Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Control Tower/Airport Reef surf quality by season and Control Tower/Airport Reef surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Control Tower/Airport Reef:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Farm bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Skwids	1 mi
Third closest break	Trants Bay/Spleef Reef	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Toad's Peak	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Bunkum Bay	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Control Tower/Airport Reef:
Closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	91 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	346 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SE Atlantic Buoy	405 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	424 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	630 mi
Tide stations nearest to Control Tower/Airport Reef:
Closest tide station	Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe	55 mi
Second closest tide station	St. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe	91 mi
Third closest tide station	Roseau, Dominica	113 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Fort-de-France, Martinique	168 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Christiansted Harbor, St Croix, Virgin Islands (sub	181 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Control Tower/Airport Reef:
Closest ski area	Mount Pleasant (United States)	1491 mi
Second closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	1779 mi
Third closest ski area	Wolf Ridge Ski Resort (United States)	1780 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	1797 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	1804 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Control Tower/Airport Reef:
Closest city location	Brades (Montserrat)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Plymouth (Montserrat)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Bolans (Antigua and Barbuda)	26 mi
Fourth closest city location	All Saints (Antigua and Barbuda)	31 mi
Fifth closest city location	Liberta (Antigua and Barbuda)	31 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Control Tower/Airport Reef is V C Bird International (Antigua) Airport (ANU) in Leeward Islands, 57 km (35 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Control Tower/Airport Reef is Robert L Bradshaw (Basse Terre) Airport (SKB) in St. Kitts & Nevis, 85 km (53 miles) away.
• Third is Le Raizet (Pointe-a-pitre) Airport (PTP) in Antilles, 87 km (54 miles) away.
• F D Roosevelt (Oranjestad) Airport (EUX) in Antilles is 120 km (75 miles) away.
• Gustavia/st.barthel (St.-barthelemy) Airport (SBH), also in Antilles is the fifth nearest airport to Control Tower/Airport Reef and is 146 km (91 miles) away.