Trunk Bay - Shark Bay surfForecast / Tortola / British Virgin Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 AST
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Trunk Bay - Shark Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Trunk Bay - Shark Bay sea temperature is
27.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Trunk Bay - Shark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Trunk Bay - Shark Bay at 8PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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 (?)
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
N
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.8
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)7777788899999410111010888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104848157336978693938373839191931283568113127688686
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
0.29
5:12AM
0.42
3:12PM
0.26
6:06AM
0.43
3:58PM
0.24
6:54AM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
0.24
9:35PM
0.07
11:56AM
0.23
10:18PM
0.05
12:58PM
0.22
11:03PM
0.04
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--6:00-------6:00-------6:00-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252526262525252626262626262626262626262626262626
Feels °C (?)252526252424252626262625252525252625252525252524
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