Josiahs Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.45° N 64.59° W

Issued: 1 am 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Josiahs Bay sea temperature is

29.9°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Josiahs Bay today (22 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Josiahs Bay at 8AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 28°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 22								Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	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)	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12
Wave Graph
kJ	38	35	51	53	54	55	53	51	61	94	222	212	190	180	163	119	119	119	87	136	136	136	134	129
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	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-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:15AM0.36m				5:24PM0.39m				6:10AM0.41m				6:05PM0.37m				7:00AM0.46m				6:45PM0.35m
Low Tide	11:23PM0.17m				11:24AM0.18m				11:52PM0.15m				12:27PM0.18m				00:22AM0.12m				1:25PM0.17m


	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28
Feels °C	31	31	30	29	30	32	31	31	29	30	29	28	28	31	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	28	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 9	NE 9	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12
kJ	38	35	51	53	54	55	53	43	43	94	222	212	190	180	163	119	119	119	87	136	136	136	134	129
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	N 10	N 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 14	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	N 15
kJ	33	33	34	33	34	34	41	51	50	43	29	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	32	11	11	11	7	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	ENE 9	WNW 10	N 15	N 14	N 10	ENE 8	WNW 9	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	NE 9	WNW 12	WNW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NE 8
kJ	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	38	61	49	12	8	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	5	5	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SE 4	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	2	3	2	5	8	6	6	9	8	6	9	50	50	17	28	40	64	78	97	84	75	75	70	70
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cooten Bay Tortola	Josiahs Bay Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Elizabeth Bay Tortola	Elizabeth Bay 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	Cane Garden Bay Tortola	El Unico Puerto Rico	Botany Bay Saint Thomas	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	El Unico Puerto Rico	Conado-Beach Puerto Rico	Conado-Beach Puerto Rico	Caballos Puerto Rico	Caballos Puerto Rico	El Penon Amador Puerto Rico	Inches Puerto Rico	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	1	0	10	10	1	1	10	10	10	10	8	174	48	10	174	156	156	149	149	241	154	10	10	10
Best forecast wave conditions in Tortola - BVI	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Great and Little Carrot Bays			Long Bay								Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2			2								2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in British Virgin Islands	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Long Bay Tortola	Long Bay Tortola	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada			West End Anegada								Long Bay Tortola	West End Anegada	West End Anegada
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3			2								2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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