Caret Bay surfForecast / Saint Thomas / US Virgin Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 AST
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Caret Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caret Bay sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Caret Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Caret Bay at 4PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Caret Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.9
E
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NNW
1
NW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
Period(s) (?)10111111101010106111010101010101111111212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1131171131091061019895161203233192204236228244271286280289281240274269
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
0.40
5:13AM
0.20
8:22PM
0.40
6:43AM
0.22
8:59PM
0.38
8:00AM
0.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.01
2:42AM
0.19
12:24PM
0.02
3:00AM
0.19
1:18PM
0.04
3:19AM
0.18
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset--6:43-------6:42-------6:42-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------1------1111-221
Temp. °C282828282828282828282828282728272828282828272727
Feels °C (?)292828282828272727272727272729282930303031303029
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Saint Thomas

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Caret Bay (moderate winds from the SE at Saint Thomas/Cyril E. King Airport 4 km from Caret Bay). 0.3m 9s swell from the NW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the NNE and a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the NNE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
SE
Cross-Off
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