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Wave Buoys added.Wavebuoy data has been added to the site. Using the menus, live wave observations can be displayed on the animated surf maps. Click on the symbols to visit pages for each wavebuoy to see the detailed recent history of observations as well as a summary of observations over the past 5 days. The nearest 5 wave buoys are also listed on the description page for each surf report. Here are links to all buoy pages

Friars Bay, Netherlands Antilles, Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Friars Bay on the West Coast is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf. Winter and spring are the optimum times of year to visit. Offshore winds are from the southeast. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell direction is from the north northwest. There are left and right breaking reefs. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for rocks,reef,urchins,jellyfish, and rips.
Friars Bay break location map and break info

This is the surf forecast page for Friars Bay, West Coast. Use the tab navigation above to view Friars Bay sea temperature, Friars Bay photographs, Friars Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Friars Bay webcams, current wind from West Coast live weather stations and Friars Bay tide predictions. The Netherlands Antilles swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Netherlands Antilles and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Netherlands Antilles wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Our wavefinder tool will be available soon to help you locate the best surf conditions in the area around Friars Bay. In the meantime, check out the forecasts for other West Coast surf breaks near to Friars Bay to make the most of forecast wind and wave directions.

Friars Bay Location Map

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Use this relief map to navigate to West Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Friars Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Friars Bay:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Le Gallion 4 mi
Second closest break Mullet Bay 4 mi
Third closest break Cupecoy 5 mi
Fourth closest break The Bowl 5 mi
Fifth closest break Guana Bay 6 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Friars Bay:

Closest wave buoy Eastern Caribbean Buoy 113 mi
Second closest wave buoy SW Atlantic Buoy 236 mi
Third closest wave buoy SE Atlantic Buoy 375 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy East of Martinique Buoy 516 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy East of Bahamas Buoy 641 mi

Tide stations nearest to Friars Bay:

Closest tide station St. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe 20 mi
Second closest tide station Christiansted Harbor, St Croix, Virgin Islands 109 mi
Third closest tide station Christiansted Harbor, St Croix, Virgin Islands (sub 109 mi
Fourth closest tide station Lameshur Bay, St. Johns, Virgin Islands 109 mi
Fifth closest tide station Christiansted, St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands 109 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Friars Bay:

Closest ski area Wintergreen Resort (United States) 1666 mi
Second closest ski area Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States) 1684 mi
Third closest ski area Massanutten (United States) 1691 mi
Fourth closest ski area Sugar Mountain (United States) 1692 mi
Fifth closest ski area Yawgoo Valley (United States) 1694 mi

city weather forecast website

Town and city forecasts close to Friars Bay:

Closest city location Philipsburg (Netherlands) 7 mi
Second closest city location The Valley (Anguilla) 9 mi
Third closest city location Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis) 60 mi
Fourth closest city location Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda) 89 mi
Fifth closest city location St.John'S (Antigua and Barbuda) 106 mi