Long Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Long Bay in Tortola is an exposed reef break that does not work very often. Winter and spring are the optimum times of year to visit. Offshore winds are from the southeast. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the north. There are left and right breaking reefs. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Beware of rocks,reef,urchins,jellyfish and sharks.

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Overall Long Bay 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 Long Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Capoons Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Great and Little Carrot Bays	1 mi
Third closest break	Smugglers cove	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Cane Garden Bay	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Sandy Cay	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Long Bay:
Closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	152 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	180 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SE Atlantic Buoy	449 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Bahamas Buoy	548 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	621 mi
Tide stations nearest to Long Bay:
Closest tide station	Lameshur Bay, St. Johns, Virgin Islands	6 mi
Second closest tide station	Redhook Bay, St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands	12 mi
Third closest tide station	Benner Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands	13 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Magens Bay, St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands	15 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands	16 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Long Bay:
Closest ski area	Mount Pleasant (United States)	1298 mi
Second closest ski area	Wolf Ridge Ski Resort (United States)	1589 mi
Third closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	1597 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	1605 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	1609 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Long Bay:
Closest city location	Road Town (British Virgin Islands)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Charlotte Amalie (U.S. Virgin Islands)	16 mi
Third closest city location	Culebra (Puerto Rico)	40 mi
Fourth closest city location	Vieques (Puerto Rico)	53 mi
Fifth closest city location	Esperanza (Puerto Rico)	55 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Long Bay is Terrance B Lettsome International (Roadtown/beef Island) Airport (EIS) in Virgin Isl., 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Long Bay is Cyril E King (St. Thomas) Airport (STT), also in Virgin Isl., 31 km (19 miles) away.
• Third is Henry E Rohlsen (St. Criox Island) Airport (STX) in Virgin Isl., 78 km (48 miles) away.
• Roosevelt Roads Ns Airport (NRR) in Puerto Rico is 102 km (63 miles) away.
• Diego Jimenez Torres (Fajardo) Airport (FAJ), also in Puerto Rico is the fifth nearest airport to Long Bay and is 103 km (64 miles) away.