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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 • 18 October
0h
18
24
NE
0.6
9
N
28
29
57
0
1h
18
24
NE
0.7
9
N
27
29
63
0.1
2h
18
24
NE
0.6
9
N
27
29
67
0.2
3h
18
24
NE
0.6
9
N
27
29
68
0
4h
17
23
NE
0.8
9
N
27
29
72
0
5h
18
24
NE
0.6
9
N
28
29
62
0.1
6h
19
26
NE
0.7
9
N
28
29
69
0.1
7h
22
29
NE
0.9
9
N
28
29
62
0.1
8h
23
31
NE
0.7
9
N
28
29
73
0.1
9h
26
33
E
0.8
9
N
28
29
75
0.2
10h
26
35
E
1
9
NE
28
29
80
0.2
11h
26
37
E
0.7
9
N
27
29
73
0.1
12h
25
37
E
0.7
9
N
27
29
67
0.1
13h
25
36
E
1
10
NE
27
29
75
0.1
14h
26
36
E
0.8
10
N
27
29
80
0.8
15h
28
38
E
0.8
10
N
27
29
72
0.9
16h
29
39
E
1.1
10
NE
27
29
71
0.5
17h
31
42
E
0.9
10
N
28
29
94
0.1
18h
32
44
E
1
10
N
28
29
93
0.1
19h
33
47
E
1.1
11
NE
28
29
77
0.3
20h
33
44
E
1
10
N
28
29
79
0.1
21h
33
45
E
1
10
N
28
29
79
0.1
22h
33
46
E
1.1
11
NE
28
29
80
0.6
23h
31
45
E
0.9
10
N
27
29
81
0.6
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Sunday • 19 October
0h
30
46
E
0.9
11
N
28
29
89
0.4
1h
28
33
E
1
11
N
27
29
94
0.3
2h
29
38
E
0.9
11
N
28
29
93
0.9
3h
30
39
E
0.9
11
N
27
29
96
0.1
4h
31
40
E
1
12
N
28
29
85
0.1
5h
31
44
E
0.9
11
N
27
29
91
1.2
6h
31
48
E
0.9
11
N
27
29
86
0.5
7h
30
32
E
1
14
N
27
29
95
0.2
8h
30
38
E
1
14
N
28
29
94
0.1
9h
29
38
E
0.9
14
N
28
29
96
0
10h
28
39
E
1
14
N
28
29
93
0.4
11h
27
40
E
0.8
14
N
27
29
92
1.6
12h
27
41
E
0.9
14
N
27
29
92
0
13h
28
42
E
1.1
14
N
28
29
86
0.1
14h
27
38
E
0.8
13
N
27
29
82
0.5
15h
26
36
E
0.7
13
N
28
29
90
0.2
16h
28
38
E
1
13
N
28
29
88
0
17h
29
40
E
0.9
13
N
28
29
90
0
18h
30
41
E
1
13
N
28
29
88
0.1
19h
30
44
E
0.9
13
N
28
29
84
0.2
20h
29
39
E
0.9
13
N
28
29
84
0.6
21h
27
41
E
0.9
13
N
28
29
86
0.2
22h
26
42
E
0.9
13
N
28
29
88
0.5
23h
26
28
E
0.7
13
N
28
29
67
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)
Monday • 20 October
0h
25
30
E
0.7
12
N
28
29
52
1
1h
23
24
E
0.7
12
N
28
29
55
0.2
2h
22
31
E
0.6
12
N
28
29
70
2.1
3h
24
39
E
0.6
12
N
27
29
75
2.3
4h
26
27
E
0.5
12
N
27
29
84
1
5h
23
23
E
0.6
12
N
27
29
62
0.9
6h
23
25
E
0.5
12
N
27
29
59
2.8
7h
26
27
E
0.4
12
N
28
29
38
0
8h
27
35
E
0.7
12
N
28
29
62
0
9h
28
37
E
0.8
12
N
28
29
70
0
10h
26
35
E
0.6
12
N
28
29
85
0
11h
24
36
E
0.6
12
N
27
29
54
0
12h
22
33
E
0.6
12
N
28
29
86
0.3
13h
23
39
E
0.6
12
N
27
29
76
3.6
14h
22
38
E
0.6
12
N
27
29
50
1.9
15h
22
28
E
0.7
12
N
28
29
63
5.5
16h
21
24
E
0.8
12
N
28
29
71
4.2
17h
17
24
NE
0.6
12
NE
27
29
53
6.4
18h
19
22
NE
0.6
12
NE
26
29
50
3.2
19h
27
33
E
0.6
12
NE
26
29
71
0.9
20h
30
39
E
0.8
12
NE
26
29
79
0.1
21h
31
41
E
0.7
12
NE
26
29
66
0
22h
31
42
E
0.4
12
NE
26
29
53
2.1
23h
30
41
E
0.8
12
NE
27
29
49
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 • 21 October
0h
27
39
E
0.8
12
NE
27
28
72
0.6
1h
24
38
E
0.3
12
NE
27
28
98
0.7
2h
21
27
E
0.6
12
NE
27
28
100
1.6
3h
21
30
E
0.6
12
NE
28
28
82
0
4h
21
30
NE
0.5
11
NE
28
28
71
0
5h
20
31
E
0.6
12
NE
28
28
57
0.1
6h
22
35
E
0.6
11
NE
28
28
85
0
7h
23
36
E
0.5
11
NE
28
28
90
0
8h
23
31
E
0.7
11
NE
28
28
91
0
9h
23
32
E
0.6
11
NE
28
28
84
0
10h
22
30
E
0.5
11
NE
28
28
77
0.1
11h
21
31
E
0.5
11
NE
27
28
80
1.3
12h
21
33
E
0.6
11
NE
27
28
84
0.7
13h
19
33
E
0.4
11
NE
28
28
74
0.6
14h
21
30
E
0.7
11
NE
28
28
74
1
15h
21
30
E
0.7
11
NE
28
28
84
0.9
16h
25
34
E
0.5
11
NE
28
28
81
0.8
17h
26
37
E
0.8
11
NE
28
28
82
0.3
18h
28
41
E
0.8
11
NE
28
28
82
0.1
19h
31
46
E
0.6
11
NE
28
28
82
1.4
20h
30
41
E
1.6
11
NE
28
28
93
0
21h
31
42
E
1.6
11
NE
28
28
96
0
22h
30
42
E
0.6
11
NE
28
28
91
0.1
23h
30
42
E
1.6
11
NE
28
28
93
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 • 22 October
0h
30
41
E
1.5
11
NE
28
28
67
0
1h
31
42
SE
1.5
11
NE
29
28
61
0
2h
27
37
SE
1.4
10
NE
29
28
74
0
3h
26
35
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
60
0.8
4h
24
32
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
80
0
5h
22
31
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
92
0.9
6h
22
33
E
1.3
10
NE
28
28
98
0.5
7h
21
32
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
93
0.2
8h
22
30
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
84
0
9h
24
33
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
96
0.4
10h
24
33
E
1.6
10
NE
28
28
100
0.2
11h
24
34
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
86
0
12h
22
32
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
83
0.3
13h
24
37
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
97
0.1
14h
27
38
E
1.3
10
NE
28
28
100
0.2
15h
29
41
E
1.3
10
NE
27
28
100
0.6
16h
30
42
E
1.7
10
NE
27
28
100
0.2
17h
32
47
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
93
0
18h
34
49
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
89
0
19h
35
51
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
80
0
20h
35
48
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
74
0
21h
36
49
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
76
0
22h
36
50
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
70
0
23h
35
48
E
1.5
10
NE
28
28
66
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 • 23 October
0h
34
46
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
75
0
1h
33
44
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
74
0.2
2h
33
45
E
1.4
10
NE
28
29
80
0.2
3h
32
47
E
1.4
10
NE
28
29
85
0.1
4h
32
48
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
91
0.1
5h
33
46
E
1.4
10
NE
28
29
86
0.1
6h
34
44
E
1.4
10
NE
28
29
81
0
7h
35
42
E
1.4
10
NE
28
28
76
0
8h
35
42
E
1.4
10
NE
28
29
70
0
9h
34
44
E
1.5
10
E
28
29
63
0
10h
33
44
E
1.5
10
E
28
28
57
0
11h
34
47
E
1.4
10
E
28
29
59
0
12h
35
49
E
1.3
10
E
28
29
61
0
13h
35
51
E
1.2
10
E
28
28
63
0
14h
35
51
E
1.1
10
E
28
29
67
0.3
15h
36
50
E
1.1
10
NE
28
29
72
0.6
16h
36
49
E
1.1
10
NE
28
28
77
0.8
17h
36
47
E
1.1
10
NE
28
29
78
0.7
18h
37
44
E
1.2
10
NE
28
29
79
0.6
19h
38
41
E
1.2
10
NE
28
28
80
0.5
20h
39
47
E
1.2
10
NE
27
29
84
0.3
21h
40
53
E
1.3
10
E
27
29
88
0.2
22h
41
59
E
1.3
10
E
27
28
91
0
23h
40
54
E
1.3
10
E
27
29
94
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)
Friday • 24 October
0h
38
48
E
1.3
10
E
28
29
96
0.4
1h
37
43
E
1.2
10
E
28
29
99
0.6
2h
36
41
E
1.2
10
E
27
29
99
0.5
3h
36
38
E
1.2
10
E
27
29
100
0.4
4h
35
36
E
1.2
10
E
27
29
100
0.3
5h
35
36
E
1.3
10
E
27
29
95
0.3
6h
34
36
E
1.4
10
E
27
29
89
0.2
7h
34
36
E
1.4
10
E
27
29
84
0.1
8h
35
40
E
1.5
10
E
27
29
88
0.2
9h
36
45
E
1.5
10
E
27
29
92
0.3
10h
37
49
E
1.5
10
E
28
29
97
0.4
11h
37
46
E
1.5
10
E
27
29
98
0.3
12h
36
43
E
1.5
10
E
27
29
99
0.3
13h
36
40
E
1.6
10
E
27
29
100
0.2
14h
36
44
E
1.6
10
E
27
29
99
0.3
15h
37
48
E
1.6
10
E
27
29
97
0.4
16h
38
52
E
1.7
10
E
28
29
96
0.5
17h
39
49
E
1.7
10
E
28
29
97
0.4
18h
39
46
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
99
0.2
19h
40
42
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
100
0
20h
39
46
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
99
0.2
21h
39
49
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
99
0.3
22h
39
52
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
98
0.4
23h
40
50
E
1.8
10
E
28
29
99
0.4

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.