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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 • 15 September
0h
26
36
E
1
9
NE
29
28
57
0
1h
26
35
SE
0.9
9
NE
29
28
56
0
2h
26
36
SE
1.1
9
NE
29
28
86
0
3h
28
38
SE
1.1
9
NE
29
28
83
0
4h
28
37
SE
1
9
NE
29
28
58
0
5h
27
36
SE
1.1
9
NE
29
28
63
0
6h
26
36
SE
1.1
9
NE
29
28
59
0
7h
26
35
SE
0.9
9
NE
29
28
59
0
8h
26
35
SE
0.9
9
E
29
28
58
0
9h
26
35
SE
1.1
9
E
29
28
57
0
10h
24
33
SE
0.9
9
NE
29
28
58
0
11h
24
37
SE
0.9
9
E
28
28
52
0
12h
24
37
SE
1
9
E
29
28
55
0
13h
25
37
SE
0.9
9
NE
29
28
77
0
14h
25
38
E
1
9
E
29
28
33
0
15h
25
36
E
1
9
E
29
28
48
0
16h
24
36
E
0.8
8
NE
29
28
26
0
17h
25
36
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
23
0
18h
28
40
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
48
0
19h
30
42
E
0.8
7
NE
29
28
54
0
20h
30
42
E
0.9
7
E
29
28
21
0
21h
31
42
E
1
7
E
29
28
6
0
22h
31
44
E
0.9
7
NE
29
28
32
0
23h
31
44
E
1
7
E
29
28
62
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)
Tuesday • 16 September
0h
31
42
E
1
7
E
29
28
58
0
1h
31
42
E
0.9
8
NE
29
28
54
0
2h
30
41
E
1
7
E
29
28
57
0
3h
31
43
E
1
8
E
29
28
67
0
4h
31
43
E
0.9
8
NE
29
28
50
0.2
5h
31
43
E
1
8
E
29
28
50
0.9
6h
30
42
E
1
8
E
29
28
72
0
7h
31
43
E
0.9
8
NE
29
28
53
0
8h
32
44
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
55
0.4
9h
31
42
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
42
0
10h
30
41
E
0.8
8
NE
29
28
40
0
11h
29
45
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
39
0
12h
29
44
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
51
0
13h
28
41
E
0.8
8
NE
29
28
82
0
14h
28
41
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
82
0
15h
27
39
E
0.8
8
E
29
28
73
0.1
16h
26
38
E
1
8
NE
29
28
86
0.1
17h
26
38
E
0.7
7
E
29
28
87
0.1
18h
28
45
E
0.8
8
E
28
28
84
0.1
19h
28
41
E
1.1
9
E
29
28
9
0
20h
30
42
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
78
0.1
21h
33
46
E
1
9
E
29
28
78
0
22h
34
48
E
1.2
9
NE
28
28
87
0
23h
34
47
E
1.1
9
E
29
28
58
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Wednesday • 17 September
0h
32
44
E
1
9
E
29
28
54
0
1h
32
43
E
0.9
8
NE
29
28
61
0
2h
32
44
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
61
0
3h
29
39
E
1
8
E
29
28
57
0
4h
29
40
E
0.8
8
NE
29
28
61
0
5h
28
39
E
0.9
8
E
29
28
66
0
6h
30
41
E
0.8
8
E
29
28
63
0
7h
28
39
E
0.7
8
E
29
28
65
0
8h
27
37
E
0.8
8
E
29
28
64
0.1
9h
27
38
E
0.8
8
E
29
28
63
0.1
10h
28
38
E
0.7
8
E
29
28
50
0.6
11h
27
41
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
64
0
12h
26
38
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
80
0.2
13h
26
38
E
0.7
7
E
29
28
70
0
14h
30
43
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
72
0.1
15h
30
42
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
74
0
16h
30
41
E
0.8
7
E
29
28
69
0
17h
29
41
E
1
8
E
29
28
69
0
18h
28
39
E
1
8
E
29
28
67
0
19h
28
40
E
1
7
E
29
28
57
0
20h
28
39
E
1
8
E
29
28
86
0.1
21h
30
42
E
1
8
E
29
28
66
0.1
22h
31
44
E
1
7
E
28
28
77
0
23h
29
40
E
1
8
E
28
28
76
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)
Thursday • 18 September
0h
27
37
E
0.9
9
E
29
28
74
0
1h
27
37
E
0.9
11
E
29
28
54
0
2h
26
34
E
0.9
8
E
28
28
32
0
3h
26
35
E
0.9
11
E
28
28
35
0
4h
26
35
E
0.8
11
E
28
28
52
0
5h
26
36
E
0.9
11
E
28
28
54
0.1
6h
27
39
E
1
11
E
28
28
60
0.6
7h
29
36
E
0.9
11
E
28
28
80
1.6
8h
32
48
E
1.1
10
E
28
28
58
1.4
9h
32
39
E
1
10
E
28
28
79
0
10h
32
37
E
1.1
11
E
29
28
76
0.1
11h
33
38
E
1.1
10
E
28
28
74
0
12h
32
36
E
1
10
E
28
28
70
0
13h
31
49
E
1
10
E
28
28
69
0
14h
31
45
E
0.9
10
E
28
28
68
0
15h
31
44
E
1
10
E
28
28
69
0
16h
32
45
E
1
10
E
29
28
75
0
17h
33
46
E
1.1
10
E
29
28
70
0
18h
35
47
E
1.2
10
E
29
28
68
0
19h
35
48
E
1.1
10
E
29
28
67
0
20h
35
49
E
1.2
9
E
29
28
57
0
21h
35
49
E
1.2
9
E
28
28
52
0
22h
33
46
E
1.1
10
E
28
28
35
0
23h
31
44
E
1
9
E
28
28
54
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 • 19 September
0h
28
38
E
0.9
10
E
28
28
77
0.4
1h
27
37
E
1
8
E
28
28
88
0.4
2h
27
37
E
0.8
8
E
28
28
87
0
3h
28
37
E
0.7
9
E
28
28
15
0
4h
27
36
E
0.8
10
E
28
28
79
0.2
5h
24
33
SE
0.6
9
E
28
28
45
0
6h
23
31
SE
0.7
9
E
28
28
87
0
7h
23
32
SE
0.7
8
E
28
28
86
0.2
8h
24
33
SE
0.7
9
E
28
28
45
0
9h
23
31
SE
0.8
9
E
28
28
34
0
10h
23
31
SE
0.6
8
E
28
28
23
0
11h
24
39
SE
0.7
9
E
28
28
17
0
12h
24
38
SE
0.7
8
E
28
28
21
0
13h
24
35
SE
0.4
8
E
28
28
49
0
14h
25
36
SE
0.7
8
E
28
28
64
0
15h
25
36
SE
0.6
8
E
28
28
85
1.6
16h
21
33
SE
0.5
8
E
28
28
82
1.1
17h
21
37
SE
0.4
8
E
28
28
87
0.8
18h
21
25
SE
1
8
E
28
28
84
0.9
19h
21
26
SE
0.5
8
E
28
28
76
3
20h
21
29
SE
0.5
8
E
29
28
44
0
21h
19
28
SE
0.5
8
E
29
28
46
0
22h
22
32
S
0.5
8
E
29
28
85
0.4
23h
18
28
S
0.5
8
E
29
28
77
0.9
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Saturday • 20 September
0h
19
31
S
0.4
8
E
29
28
87
0.2
1h
15
25
S
0.4
8
E
29
28
77
0.2
2h
14
23
S
0.6
8
E
29
29
37
0.1
3h
12
20
SE
0.8
8
E
29
29
42
0.1
4h
10
18
SE
1
8
E
29
28
46
0
5h
11
19
SE
1.1
8
E
28
29
42
0
6h
12
21
S
1.3
8
E
28
29
38
0
7h
13
23
S
1.4
8
E
28
28
33
0
8h
14
22
S
1.3
8
E
28
29
38
0
9h
14
21
S
1.2
8
E
28
29
43
0
10h
15
21
S
1.1
8
E
28
28
84
0.1
11h
15
21
S
1.1
8
E
28
29
54
0
12h
14
21
S
1.1
9
E
28
29
61
0
13h
14
21
S
1
10
E
28
28
67
0
14h
13
19
SE
1
10
E
28
29
54
0
15h
12
18
SE
1
10
E
28
29
40
0
16h
11
16
SE
1
10
E
28
28
26
0
17h
11
16
SE
0.7
11
E
29
29
28
0
18h
12
16
SE
0.4
12
E
29
29
30
0
19h
12
16
E
0.1
14
E
29
28
31
0
20h
13
19
E
0.2
14
E
29
29
31
0
21h
15
21
E
0.3
13
E
29
29
31
0
22h
17
24
E
0.4
13
E
29
28
31
0
23h
17
24
E
0.4
13
E
29
29
35
0
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Sunday • 21 September
0h
17
24
SE
0.4
13
E
29
29
38
0
1h
18
24
SE
0.5
13
E
29
28
42
0
2h
18
24
SE
0.5
13
E
28
29
51
0.5
3h
18
25
SE
0.5
13
E
28
29
61
1
4h
18
25
SE
0.5
13
E
28
28
70
1.5
5h
19
28
SE
0.5
13
E
28
29
55
1
6h
20
30
SE
0.5
12
E
29
29
39
0.5
7h
21
33
SE
0.4
12
E
29
28
24
0
8h
20
31
SE
0.4
12
E
29
29
34
0
9h
20
29
SE
0.5
12
E
29
29
45
0
10h
20
27
SE
0.5
12
E
29
28
56
0
11h
19
26
SE
0.4
12
E
29
29
55
0
12h
17
25
SE
0.4
12
E
29
29
54
0
13h
16
24
SE
0.3
12
E
28
28
53
0
14h
15
22
SE
0.3
12
E
28
29
49
0
15h
14
20
SE
0.2
12
E
29
29
46
0
16h
13
18
SE
0.2
12
E
29
28
75
0
17h
13
19
E
0.2
12
E
29
29
39
0
18h
14
20
E
0.3
12
E
29
29
35
0
19h
15
20
E
0.3
12
E
29
28
31
0
20h
16
23
E
0.4
12
E
29
29
34
0
21h
18
25
E
0.4
12
E
29
29
36
0
22h
19
27
E
0.4
12
E
28
28
38
0
23h
18
25
E
0.4
12
E
28
29
42
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 (0.6–1 m). 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 other 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 the islands. This does not take into account the extensive and shallow Caicos Banks off the south of the Caicos Islands, which tend 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. It's recommended that you use 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 the 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 m) Atlantic Ocean floor to the very shallow water on top of the plateaus. While it supports unparalleled wall diving, the country's 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 can be had at many locations throughout the Turks and Caicos. Due to the trade wind directions, the best kite spots are typically southeastern-facing beaches on the south sides of the 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, the 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 the channels and cays, regardless of wind or wave conditions.

The Turks and Caicos does not have a reputation for being a surfing destination, simply due to the unpredictability and inconsistencies in the breaks. At times, the islands do see wonderful surfing waves, but the quality of the waves hinges highly on the swell direction. The conditions on the barrier reef off 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.