Long Bay Surf Forecast

/ Tortola (12 surf breaks) /

British Virgin Islands (22 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Long Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

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

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

Today's Long 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 Long Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Long Bay at 11PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	7s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	N	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	9	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	43	24	28	22	20	19	16	15	181	202	172	166	202	192	191	146	133	96	92	61	41	40	47
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 0.34				5:48AM 0.21				7:32PM 0.32				7:01AM 0.23				7:57PM 0.30					8:04AM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)					2:14AM 0.18			12:18PM 0.11					2:30AM 0.17			1:27PM 0.14					2:43AM 0.16

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Feels °C (?)	27	29	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	29	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Long Bay (calm at BeefIsland-Tortola 17 km from Long Bay). 0.6m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the N and a 0.2m 7s swell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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17 km away, 53 min ago

2 km/h

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29.8

Air / Water (°C)

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