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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 29 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
27.1° 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 7PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
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 (?)
0.6
NW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
Period(s) (?)10121211101010999999911111110101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)801271582682392291841541481381161199988226275245237194206120130143130
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.27
6:51AM
0.53
5:29PM
0.27
7:46AM
0.54
6:42PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
0.22
11:05PM
-0.02
1:39PM
0.21
12:07AM
-0.02
2:25PM
0.20
1:06AM
-0.01
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--6:09-------6:10-------6:10-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C252525252525252525252526252525262626262626262626
Feels °C (?)262626252525252524252525232324242424242525252525
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