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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 • 2 December
0h
16
22
E
0.9
8
E
27
26
82
0.1
1h
17
24
E
1.1
8
NE
27
26
75
0.7
2h
21
29
SE
1
8
E
27
26
51
0.1
3h
20
27
SE
0.6
12
E
27
26
81
0
4h
19
26
SE
1
8
NE
27
26
35
0
5h
16
22
SE
1
8
E
27
26
30
0
6h
14
20
SE
0.9
8
E
27
26
22
0
7h
14
19
SE
1
8
NE
27
26
14
0
8h
14
19
SE
0.9
8
E
27
26
14
0
9h
12
16
SE
0.8
8
E
27
26
16
0
10h
9
13
E
1
8
NE
27
26
18
0
11h
8
13
SE
0.8
8
E
26
26
24
0
12h
7
10
SE
0.8
8
E
27
26
34
0
13h
6
9
E
0.9
8
NE
27
26
38
0
14h
6
9
E
0.7
8
E
27
26
37
0
15h
7
11
NE
0.7
8
E
27
26
34
0
16h
9
14
NE
0.8
8
NE
27
26
31
0
17h
11
16
NE
0.8
8
E
27
26
22
0
18h
14
20
N
0.8
8
E
27
26
19
0
19h
16
24
NE
0.9
8
NE
27
26
12
0
20h
18
25
NE
0.8
8
E
27
26
17
0
21h
19
26
NE
0.8
8
E
27
26
15
0
22h
19
27
NE
0.9
8
NE
27
26
26
0
23h
20
28
NE
0.9
8
E
27
26
40
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 • 3 December
0h
21
28
NE
0.9
8
E
27
26
70
0
1h
21
29
NE
0.9
8
NE
27
26
58
0
2h
21
28
NE
0.9
8
E
27
26
61
0.1
3h
21
29
NE
0.9
8
E
27
26
67
0.1
4h
21
28
NE
0.9
8
NE
27
26
65
1.1
5h
21
28
NE
0.9
8
E
26
26
85
0.9
6h
21
31
NE
0.9
8
E
26
26
84
1.1
7h
19
27
NE
1
8
NE
26
26
83
0.7
8h
19
25
E
0.9
8
E
27
26
89
0.2
9h
18
25
E
0.9
8
E
27
26
54
0.4
10h
17
23
E
0.9
8
NE
27
26
75
0.5
11h
15
24
E
0.8
8
E
26
26
85
0.2
12h
14
21
NE
0.8
8
E
26
26
79
0.3
13h
14
21
NE
0.9
8
NE
26
26
56
0.8
14h
16
24
NE
0.8
8
E
26
26
78
1.1
15h
19
28
NE
0.9
8
E
26
26
73
0.8
16h
22
33
NE
1
8
NE
26
26
76
1.1
17h
25
37
NE
1
8
NE
26
26
71
0.3
18h
27
34
NE
1
8
NE
26
26
62
0.4
19h
29
43
NE
1.4
8
N
26
26
79
0.2
20h
30
40
NE
1.1
8
NE
26
26
83
0.3
21h
30
40
NE
1.1
8
NE
26
26
84
0.6
22h
30
41
NE
1.4
8
N
26
26
89
0.5
23h
31
42
NE
1.3
8
NE
26
26
92
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)
Wednesday • 4 December
0h
32
35
NE
1.3
8
NE
26
28
100
1
1h
35
48
NE
1.5
8
N
26
28
100
0.8
2h
38
50
NE
1.5
8
N
26
28
100
0.9
3h
40
52
NE
1.3
14
N
26
28
100
0.6
4h
42
48
NE
1.6
8
N
26
28
100
0.7
5h
42
59
NE
1.4
14
N
26
28
100
1.1
6h
43
46
NE
1.4
14
NE
26
28
100
0.9
7h
44
46
NE
1.7
8
N
26
28
100
0.9
8h
45
58
NE
1.8
14
NE
26
28
100
0.8
9h
46
63
NE
1.8
14
NE
26
28
100
0.5
10h
45
49
NE
1.7
8
NE
26
28
100
0.5
11h
45
52
NE
1.8
14
NE
25
28
100
0.6
12h
45
50
NE
1.8
14
NE
25
28
100
0.6
13h
45
46
NE
1.6
8
NE
25
28
100
0.4
14h
46
63
NE
1.8
14
NE
25
28
100
0.4
15h
47
64
NE
1.9
14
NE
25
28
100
0.3
16h
48
63
NE
1.5
8
NE
25
28
100
0.2
17h
47
63
NE
1.9
14
NE
25
28
100
0.1
18h
46
62
NE
1.8
14
NE
26
28
100
0
19h
46
59
NE
1.6
8
NE
26
28
100
0
20h
45
60
NE
1.8
14
NE
26
28
100
0.1
21h
44
59
NE
1.8
14
NE
26
28
100
0
22h
42
57
NE
2
8
NE
26
28
100
0.1
23h
41
56
NE
1.4
13
NE
26
28
93
0.2
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Thursday • 5 December
0h
42
54
NE
1.4
13
NE
26
26
100
0.1
1h
41
54
NE
1.9
8
NE
26
26
100
0.3
2h
41
55
NE
1.4
13
NE
26
26
94
0.3
3h
41
53
NE
1.3
13
NE
26
26
84
0.9
4h
39
53
NE
1.4
13
NE
26
26
92
0.5
5h
37
50
NE
1.2
13
NE
26
26
93
0.7
6h
37
39
NE
1.2
13
NE
26
26
86
0.5
7h
36
47
NE
1.4
12
NE
26
26
86
0.7
8h
35
47
NE
1.1
13
NE
26
26
86
0.5
9h
35
46
NE
1.1
13
NE
26
26
85
0.4
10h
35
48
NE
1.2
13
NE
26
26
80
0.3
11h
33
48
E
1
13
NE
26
26
75
0.2
12h
32
47
E
1
13
NE
26
26
75
0.2
13h
31
45
E
1
13
NE
26
26
68
0.3
14h
30
42
E
1.3
9
NE
26
26
70
0.3
15h
29
41
E
1.1
9
NE
26
26
73
0.1
16h
28
40
E
1
13
NE
26
26
63
0.1
17h
29
40
E
1.1
9
NE
26
26
62
0.4
18h
29
39
E
1.1
9
NE
26
26
68
0.5
19h
28
38
E
1.3
7
NE
26
26
76
0.4
20h
28
38
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
80
0.3
21h
27
37
E
1
8
NE
26
26
81
0.2
22h
26
37
E
1
7
NE
26
26
83
0.1
23h
27
37
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
82
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)
Friday • 6 December
0h
26
38
E
1
8
NE
26
26
78
0.4
1h
25
33
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
79
0.2
2h
26
35
NE
1
8
NE
26
26
78
0
3h
27
36
NE
1.1
8
E
26
26
75
0.3
4h
26
35
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
72
0.2
5h
27
36
E
0.9
8
E
26
26
63
0.3
6h
26
35
E
0.9
8
E
26
26
61
0.6
7h
27
36
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
63
0
8h
26
35
E
0.9
7
E
27
26
62
0
9h
26
36
E
0.9
7
E
27
26
59
0
10h
26
35
E
1.3
7
NE
27
26
56
0.3
11h
26
39
E
0.9
7
E
26
26
55
0.3
12h
26
38
E
0.9
7
E
26
26
56
0.2
13h
25
37
E
0.7
7
NE
26
26
72
0
14h
26
37
E
0.8
7
E
26
26
51
0
15h
25
36
E
0.7
7
E
26
26
58
0.1
16h
25
36
E
1.2
7
NE
27
26
60
0.1
17h
26
36
E
0.8
7
E
27
26
62
0.5
18h
27
37
E
0.8
8
E
27
26
67
0.3
19h
27
36
NE
1.1
9
NE
26
26
71
0.3
20h
27
37
NE
1.1
9
NE
26
28
75
0.3
21h
28
39
NE
1.2
9
NE
26
28
79
0.3
22h
29
40
NE
1.2
9
NE
26
26
83
0.2
23h
29
40
NE
1.3
9
NE
26
28
84
0.5
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Saturday • 7 December
0h
30
40
NE
1.3
9
NE
26
28
84
0.8
1h
30
40
NE
1.3
9
NE
26
26
85
1.1
2h
30
42
NE
1.3
9
NE
26
28
84
0.9
3h
31
44
NE
1.3
9
NE
26
28
83
0.7
4h
31
46
NE
1.4
9
NE
26
26
81
0.4
5h
31
45
NE
1.3
10
NE
26
28
81
0.4
6h
31
44
NE
1.3
12
NE
26
28
81
0.4
7h
32
43
E
1.2
14
NE
26
26
81
0.4
8h
32
43
E
1.2
13
NE
26
28
82
0.5
9h
33
44
E
1.2
13
NE
26
28
83
0.6
10h
34
45
E
1.2
13
NE
26
26
84
0.7
11h
33
46
E
1.1
13
NE
26
28
82
0.6
12h
33
46
E
1.1
12
NE
26
28
80
0.6
13h
33
48
E
1.1
12
NE
26
26
77
0.5
14h
33
49
E
1.1
12
NE
26
28
80
0.5
15h
34
50
E
1.1
11
NE
26
28
82
0.5
16h
34
51
E
1.1
10
NE
26
26
85
0.5
17h
35
47
E
1.1
10
NE
26
28
84
0.4
18h
36
42
E
1.1
10
NE
26
28
83
0.3
19h
37
38
E
1.1
10
NE
26
26
83
0.2
20h
36
42
E
1.2
9
NE
26
28
83
0.3
21h
36
46
E
1.2
9
NE
26
28
84
0.4
22h
35
51
E
1.3
9
NE
26
26
84
0.6
23h
34
51
E
1.3
9
NE
26
28
83
0.5
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Sunday • 8 December
0h
34
51
E
1.3
9
NE
26
28
82
0.4
1h
33
51
E
1.3
8
NE
26
26
82
0.4
2h
33
48
E
1.4
9
NE
26
28
78
0.3
3h
33
46
E
1.4
10
NE
26
28
74
0.2
4h
33
43
E
1.4
10
NE
26
26
71
0.1
5h
33
44
E
1.3
10
NE
26
28
72
0.1
6h
33
45
E
1.3
10
NE
26
28
72
0.2
7h
34
46
E
1.3
10
NE
26
26
73
0.2
8h
34
46
E
1.4
10
NE
26
28
70
0.2
9h
33
46
E
1.5
9
NE
27
28
66
0.1
10h
33
46
E
1.6
9
NE
27
26
63
0.1
11h
32
45
E
1.4
9
NE
27
28
62
0.3
12h
31
44
E
1.2
8
NE
26
28
61
0.4
13h
30
44
E
1
8
NE
26
26
60
0.6
14h
29
42
E
1
8
NE
26
28
60
0.4
15h
28
41
E
1
8
NE
26
28
61
0.2
16h
28
40
E
1.1
8
NE
26
26
62
0
17h
27
39
E
1.1
8
NE
27
28
64
0
18h
27
37
E
1.2
8
NE
27
28
67
0
19h
27
36
E
1.2
8
NE
27
26
69
0
20h
27
37
E
1.2
8
NE
27
28
73
0
21h
27
37
E
1.2
8
NE
27
28
77
0
22h
27
37
E
1.2
8
NE
27
26
80
0
23h
26
36
E
1.2
8
NE
27
28
79
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.