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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
29.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)8888888778756668912121111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127809475848983444382913043241611151109611915182138133
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
30
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.46
5:10AM
0.31
6:37PM
0.45
6:18AM
0.34
7:20PM
0.44
7:16AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.20
11:30AM
0.08
12:58AM
0.19
12:30PM
0.10
1:30AM
0.17
1:26PM
0.11
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:05--
Sunset6:19-------6:17-------6:16-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
123-3621---11---1121----
Temp. °C292828282728282827272728282828282828282828282828
Feels °C (?)292927282929293028292930292929313131313132323232
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tortola

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Trunk Bay - Shark Bay (light winds from the E at BeefIsland-Tortola 10 km from Trunk Bay - Shark Bay). 0.4m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the N and a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 49 min ago

11 km/h
E
Cross-Shore
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