Great and Little Carrot Bays surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AST
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Great and Little Carrot Bays surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Great and Little Carrot Bays sea temperature is
29.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Great and Little Carrot Bays today?

The current surf forecast for Great and Little Carrot Bays at 2AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

Table - waves today at Great and Little Carrot Bays. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.2
N
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)88888887787515668912121111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127809475848983444382913017241611151109611915182138133
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
30
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.46
5:10AM
0.31
6:37PM
0.45
6:18AM
0.34
7:20PM
0.44
7:16AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.20
11:30AM
0.08
12:58AM
0.19
12:30PM
0.10
1:30AM
0.17
1:26PM
0.11
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:07--
Sunset6:19-------6:17-------6:16-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
123-3621---11---1121----
Temp. °C292828282728282827272728282828282828282828282828
Feels °C (?)292927282929293028292930292929313131313132323232
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Great and Little Carrot Bays (light winds from the E at BeefIsland-Tortola 15 km from Great and Little Carrot Bays). 0.9m 3s local chop from the E with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the N and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
E
Cross-Off
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