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Turks and Caicos Wind, Wave, Swell, & Tide Forecast

Temperature: Wind: Waves: Other Units:
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Today • 20 April
0h
41
55
E
1.5
7
NE
24
26
56
0.1
1h
41
53
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
78
0
2h
40
52
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
86
0
3h
39
51
E
1.4
7
NE
25
26
83
0
4h
40
52
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
89
0
5h
40
54
E
1.5
7
NE
24
26
70
0
6h
39
51
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
86
0
7h
39
52
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
32
0
8h
38
51
E
1.4
7
NE
25
26
52
0
9h
38
51
E
1.5
7
NE
24
26
37
0
10h
37
49
E
1.5
7
NE
25
26
89
0
11h
37
40
NE
1.5
7
NE
24
26
76
0
12h
38
40
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
11
0
13h
35
37
NE
1.5
7
NE
24
26
8
0
14h
39
40
NE
1.5
7
NE
24
26
18
0
15h
39
41
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
14
0
16h
38
44
NE
1.2
5
NE
23
26
12
0
17h
40
42
NE
1.6
7
NE
23
26
18
0
18h
41
45
NE
1.5
7
NE
23
26
12
0
19h
41
46
NE
1.3
5
NE
23
26
21
0
20h
39
52
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
18
0
21h
39
52
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
19
0
22h
37
50
NE
1.4
5
NE
24
26
16
0
23h
37
50
NE
1.6
7
NE
24
26
20
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Monday • 21 April
0h
36
46
NE
1.5
7
NE
24
26
14
0
1h
35
44
E
1.2
14
NE
24
26
14
0
2h
34
45
E
1.3
7
NE
24
26
88
0
3h
34
45
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
26
48
0
4h
34
44
NE
1.1
14
NE
24
26
77
0
5h
32
43
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
26
89
0
6h
32
43
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
26
33
0
7h
33
42
NE
1.2
14
NE
24
26
23
0
8h
32
42
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
26
17
0
9h
31
41
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
26
15
0
10h
32
42
NE
1.3
14
NE
24
26
15
0
11h
31
45
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
26
18
0
12h
32
45
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
26
24
0
13h
32
46
NE
1.3
14
NE
24
26
25
0
14h
33
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
26
30
0
15h
33
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
26
33
0
16h
35
50
NE
1.4
14
NE
24
26
31
0
17h
36
50
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
55
0
18h
37
55
NE
1.5
7
NE
24
26
38
0
19h
37
42
NE
1.5
14
NE
24
26
33
0
20h
39
51
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
59
0
21h
39
52
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
26
78
0
22h
39
52
NE
1.5
14
NE
24
26
33
0
23h
35
48
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
26
57
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Tuesday • 22 April
0h
36
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
68
0
1h
34
44
NE
1.3
14
NE
24
24
86
0
2h
32
42
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
92
0
3h
32
41
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
72
0.1
4h
32
42
NE
1.4
14
NE
23
24
85
0.1
5h
32
41
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
66
0.1
6h
31
40
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
90
0.1
7h
31
41
NE
1.4
14
NE
24
24
96
0.1
8h
31
41
NE
1.4
7
NE
24
24
78
0.1
9h
31
41
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
79
0
10h
32
42
NE
1.4
14
NE
25
24
86
0
11h
32
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
81
0
12h
34
51
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
76
0
13h
34
49
NE
1.4
14
NE
24
24
59
0
14h
34
49
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
62
0.1
15h
35
49
NE
1.3
7
NE
25
24
66
0.2
16h
35
49
NE
1.4
14
NE
25
24
53
0.1
17h
34
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
25
24
84
0.1
18h
34
47
NE
1.3
7
NE
25
24
83
0.1
19h
36
48
NE
1.2
14
NE
25
24
88
0
20h
33
45
NE
1.4
7
NE
25
24
73
0
21h
30
40
NE
1.3
7
NE
25
24
81
0.1
22h
30
41
NE
1.2
14
NE
25
24
85
0.2
23h
33
45
NE
1.3
7
NE
25
24
97
0.3
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Wednesday • 23 April
0h
32
43
NE
1.4
7
NE
25
24
56
0
1h
31
40
NE
1.2
14
NE
24
24
76
0.1
2h
30
40
NE
1.3
7
NE
24
24
81
0.1
3h
31
41
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
89
0.2
4h
32
42
NE
1.3
14
NE
24
24
95
0.1
5h
32
43
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
83
0.1
6h
32
43
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
79
0.1
7h
33
43
NE
1.3
14
NE
25
24
77
0
8h
32
43
NE
1.2
7
NE
25
24
78
0
9h
31
41
NE
1.2
7
NE
25
24
73
0
10h
31
42
NE
1.3
14
NE
25
24
73
0
11h
30
45
NE
1.2
7
NE
24
24
72
0
12h
30
43
NE
1.1
7
NE
24
24
72
0
13h
29
42
NE
1.2
14
NE
24
24
68
0.1
14h
30
43
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
24
72
0.3
15h
30
44
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
24
71
0
16h
32
44
NE
1.2
14
NE
25
24
71
0.1
17h
32
44
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
24
70
0
18h
34
47
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
24
62
0.1
19h
35
47
NE
1.2
11
E
25
24
57
0
20h
34
46
NE
1.1
10
E
25
24
60
0
21h
34
47
NE
1.1
10
NE
25
24
49
0
22h
33
46
NE
1.1
10
NE
25
24
52
0
23h
31
43
NE
1.1
10
NE
25
24
56
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Thursday • 24 April
0h
30
40
NE
1.1
10
NE
25
24
56
0
1h
28
37
NE
1.1
9
NE
25
24
56
0
2h
28
37
NE
1
9
NE
25
24
59
0
3h
26
35
NE
1
9
NE
25
24
57
0
4h
26
34
NE
1
9
NE
25
24
52
0
5h
26
35
NE
1
9
NE
24
24
58
0.6
6h
26
34
NE
0.9
9
NE
25
24
66
0.4
7h
27
37
NE
0.9
9
NE
25
24
62
0.9
8h
28
37
NE
0.9
9
NE
25
24
61
0.3
9h
28
38
NE
0.8
9
NE
25
24
59
0.3
10h
27
37
E
0.8
9
NE
25
24
56
0
11h
27
40
E
0.9
8
NE
25
24
56
0
12h
26
38
NE
1
7
NE
25
24
64
0
13h
26
38
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
24
57
0
14h
27
38
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
26
61
0
15h
27
39
NE
1.1
7
NE
25
26
66
0
16h
28
39
NE
1.1
7
NE
26
24
70
0
17h
28
40
NE
0.9
7
NE
26
26
67
0
18h
29
40
NE
0.7
7
NE
26
26
63
0
19h
29
40
NE
0.5
7
NE
26
24
60
0
20h
30
40
NE
0.6
7
NE
25
26
63
0
21h
30
41
NE
0.7
7
NE
25
26
65
0
22h
31
42
NE
0.8
7
NE
25
24
68
0
23h
31
42
NE
0.9
8
NE
25
26
64
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Friday • 25 April
0h
30
41
E
0.9
10
NE
25
26
61
0
1h
30
40
E
0.9
11
NE
25
24
57
0
2h
30
39
E
1
10
NE
25
26
59
0.1
3h
29
38
E
1
8
NE
25
26
61
0.1
4h
28
37
E
1.1
7
NE
25
24
63
0.1
5h
28
37
E
1.1
7
NE
25
26
61
0.1
6h
28
38
E
1.1
7
NE
25
26
60
0.1
7h
28
39
E
1.1
7
NE
25
24
58
0.1
8h
28
39
E
1.2
6
E
25
26
54
0
9h
29
39
E
1.3
6
E
25
26
51
0
10h
29
39
E
1.4
6
E
26
24
47
0
11h
28
39
E
1.3
6
E
25
26
53
0.1
12h
27
38
E
1.2
6
E
25
26
60
0.2
13h
26
38
E
1.1
6
E
25
24
66
0.3
14h
26
38
E
1.1
6
E
25
26
65
0.2
15h
27
38
E
1.1
6
E
25
26
64
0.1
16h
27
38
E
1.1
6
E
25
24
63
0
17h
28
39
E
1.1
6
E
25
26
63
0
18h
30
41
E
1.1
6
E
25
26
63
0
19h
31
42
E
1.1
6
E
26
24
62
0
20h
31
42
E
1.1
6
E
26
26
62
0
21h
30
41
E
1.2
6
E
25
26
62
0.1
22h
30
41
E
1.2
6
E
25
24
62
0.1
23h
29
40
E
1.2
6
E
26
26
59
0.1
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Saturday • 26 April
0h
29
39
E
1.2
6
E
26
26
56
0
1h
28
37
E
1.2
6
E
26
24
53
0
2h
28
37
E
1.1
6
E
26
26
59
0
3h
27
36
E
1.1
6
E
25
26
65
0
4h
27
36
E
1
6
E
25
24
72
0
5h
26
35
E
1
6
E
25
26
69
0
6h
26
35
E
1
6
E
25
26
67
0
7h
26
34
E
1
6
E
25
24
65
0.1
8h
24
32
E
1
6
E
25
26
64
0
9h
22
30
E
0.9
6
E
25
26
63
0
10h
21
28
E
0.9
6
E
25
24
61
0
11h
21
28
E
0.9
6
E
25
26
61
0
12h
20
28
E
0.9
6
E
25
26
60
0
13h
19
28
E
0.8
6
E
25
24
59
0
14h
20
28
E
0.8
9
E
26
26
59
0
15h
20
29
E
0.9
12
E
26
26
59
0
16h
21
29
E
0.9
15
E
26
24
58
0
17h
21
30
E
0.9
15
E
26
26
55
0
18h
22
31
E
1
15
E
26
26
52
0
19h
23
32
E
1
15
E
26
24
80
0
20h
24
34
E
1
14
E
26
26
52
0
21h
26
36
E
1
14
E
26
26
55
0
22h
28
38
E
1
14
E
26
24
58
0
23h
26
36
E
1
14
E
26
26
60
0

The Wind and Breeze

Rolling waves at the Northwest Point National Park on Providenciales
The break at Northwest Point, Providenciales.

Throughout the year , the Turks and Caicos typically experiences an east-southeast trade wind, with wind speeds in the 12-20 mph (19-32 km/h, or 10-17 knots) range.

Passing storms and squalls do shift wind directions at times, and excluding the rare tropical cyclone, such storms are typically seen during the winter months.

The Tide Forecast

As the Turks and Caicos is located in the tropical Atlantic, the high to low tide change difference, or tidal range, does not tend to be drastic, with a typical tide height change of about 1.9-3 feet (.6-1m). Abnormal tides, such as spring tides, may cause unusual lows and highs, yet these are never extreme.

Neap tides, experienced when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other (from the perspective of the Earth) and their gravitational pulls cancel each out a bit, tend to create the least tidal range and conditions that allow for the best underwater visibility, which is perfect for snorkeling and diving.

Keep in mind that many tide forecast websites base their island-specific Turks and Caicos tide table on harmonic predictions at Sandy Point on the island of North Caicos, and simply apply a slight modifier calculation to create a forecast level for each of our islands. This does not take into account the extensive and shallow Caicos Banks off the south of the Caicos Islands, which tends to delay tide changes at many adjacent coastal areas as water moves in and out of the banks.

The coastal areas on the Caicos Banks can be quite shallow in places, and many popular routes may not offer much extra draft for the common watercraft, especially at lower tide levels. We advise using accurate marine navigation charts.

Waves and Breaks

High kiteboarding jump at Long Bay Beach on Providenciales
Perfect kiteboarding conditions at Long Bay Beach, Providenciales.

The Turks and Caicos generally doesn’t experience the huge waves that some other tropical destinations such as Hawaii, Barbados, and Puerto Rico see at times.

The ocean topography of the plateaus supporting our islands largely accounts for the lack of significant waves. Regions that do experience large breaks usually have complex submarine terrains that essentially funnel the open ocean swell to specific areas, where a gradually sloping ocean floor allows the waves to stack into a tremendous break.

The Turks and Caicos Islands however sit on two distinct shelves (the Turks Islands group and the Caicos Islands group) that have a rather abrupt transition from the surrounding 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) Atlantic Ocean floor to the very shallow water on top of the plateaus. Although supporting unparalleled wall diving, our ocean topography doesn’t lend itself well to large wave formation.

The best place in the country to watch the full glory of large breaking waves is either Northwest Point National Park on Providenciales or Mudjin Harbour and the Crossing Place Trail on Middle Caicos. Keep in mind that wave conditions are flat more often than not. These locations are great spots for watching the sunrise and sunset, which are typically just as impressive as the swell.

Water Sports

Stand-up paddle board surfing at West Reef in the Turks and Caicos
Stand-up paddle surfing on the Caicos barrier reef.

Amazing flat water kiteboarding and windsurfing can be had at many locations throughout the Turks and Caicos. Due to the trade wind directions, the best kite spots are typically south-eastern facing beaches on the south sides of our islands. The best such example is the popular Long Bay Beach on Providenciales, which is one of the top kiting locations in the region.

On the occasional days that see a northerly breeze, our spectacular north coasts and beaches become a bit more viable for kiting.

For the kiteboarding hotspot of Long Bay Beach on Providenciales, 20-30 mph (32-48 km/h) with an east-southeast direction is ideal kiting wind. For South Caicos, Grand Turk and Salt Cay, kiting wind speed may be a little less due to the lack of wind obstructions. See Turks and Caicos Kiteboarding for more information on this sport and the best kite spots.

Great flat water spots for wakeboarding or tubing can typically be found between our channels and cays regardless of wind or wave conditions.

The Turks and Caicos lacks the reputation as a surfing destination simply due to the unpredictability and inconsistencies in our breaks. At times we do see wonderful surfing waves, but the quality of the waves hinges highly on the swell direction. The conditions on the barrier reef off of the Caicos Islands may easily become messy.

Although a little more difficult to access from the surfer’s perspective, Grand Turk does see a better break at some offshore sites.