Josiahs Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 AST
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Josiahs Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Josiahs Bay sea temperature is
29.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Josiahs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Josiahs Bay at 4AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1010787101099988888888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6541425733121376556565655557257
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
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-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
0.27
6:34PM
0.46
5:41AM
0.30
7:16PM
0.48
6:45AM
0.34
7:55PM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.22
11:05AM
0.08
1:14AM
0.21
12:03PM
0.08
1:43AM
0.20
1:00PM
0.08
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset------6:30-------6:29-------6:28-
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------11321--1111---
Temp. °C282828282828292829282828282829292828282828282828
Feels °C (?)292829292929302829282929292830292728282828292928
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Josiahs Bay (moderate winds from the E at South of St. John- VI 29 km from Josiahs Bay). 0.2m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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22 km/h
E
0.0
29.7
Air / Water (°C)
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