Josiahs Bay Surf Forecast

/ Tortola (12 surf breaks) /

British Virgin Islands (22 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.45° N 64.59° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Josiahs Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 28 Apr 2026 AST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 27.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Josiahs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Josiahs Bay at 8PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Apr)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Afternoon (28 Apr)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (28 Apr)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri 1
	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	5 AM	8 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)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NNE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 10	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10
Wave Graph
kJ	53	53	72	71	98	68	71	68	33	38	44	19	19	19	17	16	16	16	25	23	35	70	67	88
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				6:53PM0.44m				6:36AM0.34m				7:40PM0.47m				7:13AM0.31m					8:23PM0.49m			7:49AM0.29m
Low Tide		12:11PM0.12m				1:11AM0.18m				12:42PM0.10m					2:07AM0.18m			1:14PM0.08m					2:58AM0.17m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—
	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:38	—	—	—	—	6:38
mm	—	2	1	—	—	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C	29	29	27	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	27	27	28	27	27	29	28	27	26	27	27	27
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	ESE 5	NE 12	NE 11	NE 10	NNE 10	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	SE 4	SE 4	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	53	53	72	71	69	19	66	60	25	38	9	8	11	16	17	16	16	16	9	7	35	70	67	88
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	NNE 10	N 7	N 7	NNE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	ESE 6	NNE 11	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 11	SE 8	NE 11	N 13	ESE 8	N 12	N 11	NNE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 12
kJ	22	19	1	1	98	68	71	68	20	4	44	16	16	19	10	4	13	6	25	23	15	11	13	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	N 7	NW 7	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	NE 11	ENE 11	ESE 7	NE 11	NE 11	SE 6	E 7	N 13	NE 10	N 12	NNE 9	NNE 9	ESE 8	NNE 13	NE 13	ESE 7
kJ	2	1	2	9	10	10	10	10	33	12	5	19	19	6	3	4	4	12	8	17	6	18	26	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 5	—	—	—	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 4	—	—	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4
kJ	29	23	23	19	19	25	20	21	23	13	—	—	—	5	5	31	39	8	—	—	7	4	4	7
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Trunk Bay - Shark Bay Tortola	Cooten Bay Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Cooten Bay Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	West End Anegada	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola	Rogues Bay - Lava Flows Tortola	Rogues Bay - Lava Flows Tortola	Brewers Bay Tortola	Punta Las Marias Puerto Rico	Rogues Bay - Lava Flows Tortola	West End Anegada	Rogues Bay - Lava Flows Tortola	Rogues Bay - Lava Flows Tortola	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Chatarras Puerto Rico	Cane Garden Bay Tortola	Cane Garden Bay Tortola	Great and Little Carrot Bays Tortola
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	4	1	10	1	10	37	10	10	10	10	2	2	6	153	2	37	2	2	37	37	145	8	8	10
Best forecast wave conditions in Tortola - BVI	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Great and Little Carrot Bays		Great and Little Carrot Bays	Great and Little Carrot Bays	Great and Little Carrot Bays	Long Bay	Long Bay	Long Bay	Brewers Bay		Great and Little Carrot Bays		Long Bay	Long Bay				Great and Little Carrot Bays	Great and Little Carrot Bays	Long Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1		1	1				1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in British Virgin Islands	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	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada		West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Long Bay Tortola	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	West End Anegada		Yacht Harbour Virgin Gorda	West End Anegada	West End Anegada
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1		1	2	2
Header Global	Cobblestones Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Umzumbe South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Haga-Haga South Africa	Glen Eden South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Buchupureo Chile	Lebu Chile	Papatowai New Zealand	Airport Rights New Zealand	Dolphin Point South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Saint Leu Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion	Boneyards South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	5

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