East Side Surf Forecast

/ Peter Island (1 surf breaks) /

British Virgin Islands (22 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

East Side surfForecast / Peter Island / British Virgin Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 28 May 2026 AST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's East Side sea temperature is 27.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at East Side today (28 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 May, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 May, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 May, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for East Side at 3PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 May)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (28 May)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (28 May)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

Table - waves today at East Side. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 28							Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sun 31
	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	11 PM	2 AM
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	130	112	108	98	94	77	69	69	45	47	47	45	39	58	70	88	111	97	112	92	142	151	151	78
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	2:45AM0.22m					7:45PM0.31m									8:26PM0.32m								9:06PM0.33m
Low Tide				11:18AM0.04m								11:50AM0.02m								12:24PM0.01m


	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	6:50
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26
Feels °C	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	28	26	26	26
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 8	E 8	N 11	NE 11	SSE 6	N 10	N 11	NNE 11
kJ	57	44	43	43	43	42	40	31	31	33	33	34	34	8	8	8	35	35	2	4	11	2	9	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NE 7	N 11	NNE 11	—	N 10	NNE 10	N 12	N 11
kJ	17	16	16	29	14	27	25	25	30	21	20	20	19	11	11	11	8	2	11	—	2	10	3	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 11	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	N 10	N 10	ENE 8	NE 11	NE 11	N 9	—	N 12	N 7	N 7	—
kJ	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	12	12	11	11	11	2	2	6	5	5	2	—	3	1	1	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 5
kJ	130	112	108	98	94	77	69	69	45	47	47	45	39	58	70	88	111	97	112	92	142	151	151	78
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cane Garden Bay Tortola	El Unico Puerto Rico	Wilderness Puerto Rico	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	La Bomba Puerto Rico	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	West End Anegada	Middles Puerto Rico	Casa del Juez Puerto Rico	Conado-Beach Puerto Rico	Punta Las Marias Puerto Rico	Casa del Juez Puerto Rico	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Caballos Puerto Rico	Tocones Puerto Rico
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	14	177	276	47	47	14	159	14	14	14	14	14	47	262	219	159	156	219	47	47	47	47	153	147
Best forecast wave conditions in Peter Island - BVI
Rating (10 max)
Best forecast wave conditions in British Virgin Islands	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola			West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola		West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada						West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada
Rating (10 max)	2			2	1	1		2	1	2	1	1	2						1	1	1	1
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Barrancon Chile	Dolphin Point South Africa	Diners Beach New Zealand	El Olon de Ilo Peru	Lebu Chile	Aganoa Beach Samoa	Haapiti French Polynesia	Haapiti French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Haapiti French Polynesia	Haapiti French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Haapiti French Polynesia	Maraa French Polynesia
Rating (10 max)	8	9	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	7	7

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