Cooten Bay Surf Forecast

/ Tortola (12 surf breaks) /

British Virgin Islands (22 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts

Cooten Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 AST

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Cooten Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Cooten Bay sea temperature is 29.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cooten Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cooten Bay at 6AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Tortola – BVI Surf

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		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	E	WNW	WNW	NW	E	E	NNE	NE	NW	WNW	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	E	NE	E	ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	10	10	11	10	8	13	13	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	6	10	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	0	32	56	82	32	2	22	24	7	45	58	70	54	51	67	87	82	79	41	93	87	46	101	117
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:41AM 0.26					6:10PM 0.49			4:53AM 0.27					7:05PM 0.49				6:06AM 0.29				7:53PM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)		12:03AM 0.21			10:27AM 0.01					12:57AM 0.21				11:30AM 0.02				1:41AM 0.20				12:29PM 0.03

		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	27	28	28	28
Feels °C (?)	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	26	28	28	29	28	27	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cooten Bay (moderate winds from the ESE at South of St. John- VI 28 km from Cooten Bay). 0.5m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Cooten Bay

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28 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

22 km/h

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29.5

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