Elizabeth Bay Surf Forecast

/ Tortola (12 surf breaks) /

British Virgin Islands (22 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.46° N 64.58° W)

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Elizabeth Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AST

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

Today's Elizabeth Bay sea temperature is 29.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elizabeth Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elizabeth Bay at 9AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	156	129	153	107	82	82	98	106	76	86	85	81	76	233	255	242	237	233	224	172	162	156	122	113
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	SE
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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 0.31				6:37PM 0.45				6:18AM 0.34				7:20PM 0.44				7:16AM 0.38				7:57PM 0.42
Low Tide / height (m)				11:30AM 0.08				12:58AM 0.19				12:30PM 0.10				1:30AM 0.17				1:26PM 0.11				2:00AM 0.16

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28
Feels °C (?)	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	30	29	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	33	31	31	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Elizabeth Bay (light winds from the S at BeefIsland-Tortola 5 km from Elizabeth Bay). 0.9m 8s swell from the E with a 0.5m 8s swell from the NNE and a 0.3m 8s swell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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