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Great and Little Carrot Bays in Tortola is an exposed point break. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the east southeast with some shelter here from east northeast winds. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the north. Rarely crowded here. Beware of rocks,reef,urchins,jellyfish and sharks.

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Overall Great and Little Carrot Bays 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Great and Little Carrot Bays:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cane Garden Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Capoons Bay	1 mi
Third closest break	Long Bay	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Brewers Bay	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Smugglers cove	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Great and Little Carrot Bays:
Closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	153 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	178 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SE Atlantic Buoy	447 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Bahamas Buoy	549 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	620 mi
Tide stations nearest to Great and Little Carrot Bays:
Closest tide station	Lameshur Bay, St. Johns, Virgin Islands	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Redhook Bay, St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands	14 mi
Third closest tide station	Benner Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands	14 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Magens Bay, St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands	16 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Great and Little Carrot Bays:
Closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	1597 mi
Second closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	1605 mi
Third closest ski area	Sugar Mountain (United States)	1613 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Hawksnest (United States)	1614 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Beech Mountain Resort (United States)	1618 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Great and Little Carrot Bays:
Closest city location	Road Town (British Virgin Islands)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Charlotte Amalie (U.S. Virgin Islands)	17 mi
Third closest city location	Culebra (Puerto Rico)	42 mi
Fourth closest city location	Vieques (Puerto Rico)	54 mi
Fifth closest city location	Esperanza (Puerto Rico)	57 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Great and Little Carrot Bays is Terrance B Lettsome International (Roadtown/beef Island) Airport (EIS) in Virgin Isl., 14 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Great and Little Carrot Bays is Cyril E King (St. Thomas) Airport (STT), also in Virgin Isl., 33 km (20 miles) away.
• Third is Henry E Rohlsen (St. Criox Island) Airport (STX) in Virgin Isl., 80 km (50 miles) away.
• Roosevelt Roads Ns Airport (NRR) in Puerto Rico is 104 km (65 miles) away.
• Diego Jimenez Torres (Fajardo) Airport (FAJ), also in Puerto Rico is the fifth nearest airport to Great and Little Carrot Bays and is 105 km (65 miles) away.