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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 • 6 October
0h
20
27
E
0.6
12
NE
28
28
61
0
1h
19
25
E
0.5
14
NE
28
28
55
0
2h
18
25
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
63
0
3h
19
25
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
67
0
4h
17
23
E
0.4
14
NE
28
28
69
0.3
5h
16
21
E
0.4
13
NE
28
28
72
0.4
6h
16
21
E
0.4
13
NE
28
28
60
0.1
7h
16
22
E
0.3
14
NE
28
28
59
0
8h
14
19
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
54
0
9h
13
17
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
60
0
10h
13
17
E
0.3
14
NE
28
28
63
0
11h
12
18
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
59
0
12h
11
16
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
71
0.1
13h
11
16
E
0.2
14
NE
28
28
79
0.1
14h
10
15
E
0.2
13
NE
28
28
81
0.2
15h
10
20
E
0.2
13
NE
26
28
70
2.1
16h
13
24
NE
0.2
14
NE
27
28
79
1.8
17h
15
24
NE
0.4
13
NE
28
28
16
0
18h
17
26
NE
0.4
13
NE
28
28
22
0
19h
17
27
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
29
0
20h
18
24
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
57
0
21h
18
25
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
62
0
22h
19
26
E
0.4
13
NE
28
28
71
0
23h
19
26
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
79
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 • 7 October
0h
17
23
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
80
0
1h
17
23
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
75
0
2h
17
23
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
72
0
3h
17
22
E
0.4
13
NE
28
28
54
0.1
4h
16
23
E
0.3
13
NE
28
28
86
2.1
5h
18
25
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
73
0
6h
19
27
E
0.5
13
NE
28
28
77
0.1
7h
19
28
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
62
0
8h
19
26
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
60
0.1
9h
19
26
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
65
0
10h
19
26
E
0.5
12
NE
28
28
59
0
11h
16
24
SE
0.4
9
NE
28
28
59
0
12h
15
22
SE
0.4
9
NE
28
28
78
0.1
13h
12
17
SE
0.3
9
NE
28
28
68
0
14h
13
19
SE
0.3
9
NE
28
28
80
0
15h
15
22
E
0.4
9
NE
28
28
69
0.2
16h
16
23
E
0.3
9
NE
28
28
74
0
17h
19
26
E
0.5
9
NE
29
28
80
0
18h
22
30
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
78
0
19h
24
33
E
0.6
9
NE
29
28
74
0
20h
25
34
E
0.7
8
NE
28
28
66
0
21h
26
35
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
62
0
22h
26
36
E
0.7
8
NE
28
28
63
0
23h
25
35
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
59
0.4
Windspeed (kph)
Wind Gusts (kph)
Wind Direction
Waves (m)
Wave Period (s)
Wave Direction
Tide
Temperature (°C)
Water Temp. (°C)
Clouds (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Wednesday • 8 October
0h
25
34
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
71
0
1h
24
32
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
79
0
2h
23
31
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
82
0
3h
23
32
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
80
0
4h
23
31
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
82
0
5h
23
32
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
83
0
6h
23
31
E
0.7
8
NE
28
28
59
0
7h
23
31
E
0.6
8
NE
28
28
72
0
8h
21
29
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
60
1
9h
22
30
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
80
0
10h
21
28
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
77
0
11h
20
29
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
75
0.1
12h
19
29
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
70
0
13h
18
27
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
71
0
14h
17
25
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
66
0
15h
18
25
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
67
0
16h
18
25
E
0.5
8
NE
29
28
69
0
17h
20
28
E
0.5
8
NE
29
28
65
0
18h
21
29
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
67
0
19h
21
29
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
66
0
20h
21
30
E
0.6
8
NE
29
28
76
0.4
21h
21
30
E
0.6
8
NE
28
28
41
0
22h
21
29
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
50
0
23h
20
28
E
0.5
8
NE
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)
Thursday • 9 October
0h
19
26
E
0.5
8
NE
29
28
62
0
1h
19
26
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
58
0
2h
18
24
E
0.5
8
NE
28
28
59
0
3h
17
22
E
0.4
8
NE
28
28
58
0
4h
17
23
NE
0.4
8
NE
28
28
56
0
5h
17
23
NE
0.4
8
NE
28
28
57
0
6h
16
22
NE
0.4
8
NE
28
28
63
0.1
7h
16
21
E
1.1
8
NE
28
28
60
0
8h
17
22
E
1.5
8
NE
28
28
51
0.1
9h
17
23
E
1.5
8
NE
29
28
77
0
10h
15
21
E
1
8
NE
29
28
85
0
11h
15
23
E
1.4
8
NE
28
28
31
0
12h
14
22
E
1.4
8
NE
28
28
28
0
13h
13
18
E
1
8
NE
28
28
51
0
14h
10
15
E
1.4
8
NE
28
28
66
0
15h
10
14
E
1.3
8
NE
29
28
71
0
16h
9
13
E
1
8
NE
29
28
53
0
17h
9
13
E
1.3
8
NE
29
28
88
0
18h
11
15
NE
1.3
8
NE
29
28
81
0
19h
13
18
NE
1.1
8
NE
29
28
76
0
20h
15
20
NE
1.3
8
NE
29
28
35
0
21h
14
19
E
1.3
8
NE
28
28
40
0
22h
13
18
E
1
8
NE
28
28
29
0
23h
13
18
NE
1.2
8
NE
28
28
33
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 • 10 October
0h
10
14
E
0.9
8
NE
28
28
83
1.1
1h
11
14
NE
1
8
NE
28
28
43
0
2h
12
16
E
0.9
8
NE
28
28
54
0
3h
11
15
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
51
0.2
4h
13
17
E
1
8
NE
28
28
50
0
5h
14
19
E
1.2
8
NE
28
28
89
0
6h
13
18
E
1.1
8
NE
28
28
88
0.1
7h
13
18
E
1
8
NE
28
28
53
0.1
8h
14
19
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
58
0
9h
14
19
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
57
0.5
10h
13
18
E
1
7
NE
28
28
54
0
11h
13
20
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
59
0
12h
12
18
E
0.8
8
NE
28
28
61
0
13h
10
15
SE
1
7
NE
28
28
57
0
14h
12
17
SE
0.8
8
NE
28
28
55
0
15h
11
16
SE
0.7
8
NE
28
28
44
0
16h
10
14
SE
0.8
7
E
29
28
44
0
17h
9
13
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
44
0
18h
10
13
E
0.7
8
NE
29
28
54
0
19h
10
14
E
0.8
8
E
29
28
50
0
20h
10
14
E
0.7
10
E
29
29
46
0
21h
10
15
E
0.5
12
E
28
29
42
0
22h
11
15
E
0.4
15
E
28
28
39
0
23h
12
16
E
0.4
15
E
28
29
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)
Saturday • 11 October
0h
12
17
E
0.4
15
E
28
29
42
0
1h
13
17
SE
0.3
15
E
28
28
76
0
2h
13
17
SE
0.3
15
E
28
29
49
0.1
3h
13
18
SE
0.3
15
E
28
29
55
0.2
4h
13
18
SE
0.3
15
E
28
28
61
0.2
5h
13
18
SE
0.3
15
E
28
29
57
0.1
6h
13
17
SE
0.3
14
E
28
29
53
0.1
7h
13
17
S
0.3
14
E
28
28
50
0
8h
12
17
S
0.4
14
E
28
29
46
0
9h
12
16
S
0.5
14
E
28
29
42
0
10h
11
15
S
0.6
14
E
28
28
86
0
11h
12
17
S
0.6
14
E
28
29
35
0.1
12h
12
18
S
0.5
14
E
28
29
31
0.1
13h
13
20
S
0.5
14
E
28
28
82
0.2
14h
12
19
S
0.5
14
E
28
29
26
0.2
15h
11
18
SW
0.5
14
E
28
29
24
0.3
16h
10
16
SW
0.4
14
E
28
28
70
0.3
17h
9
13
W
0.4
13
E
28
29
23
0.2
18h
6
10
W
0.5
13
E
28
29
23
0.1
19h
5
7
W
0.5
13
E
28
28
23
0
20h
4
5
W
0.5
13
E
28
29
21
0
21h
2
4
W
0.6
13
E
28
29
18
0
22h
1
2
W
0.6
13
E
28
28
15
0
23h
3
5
SW
0.5
13
E
28
29
13
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 • 12 October
0h
5
8
S
0.4
13
E
28
29
12
0
1h
8
11
S
0.3
13
E
28
28
10
0
2h
9
12
S
0.5
13
E
28
29
16
0
3h
10
14
S
0.6
13
E
28
29
21
0
4h
12
16
S
0.7
13
E
28
28
27
0
5h
11
15
S
0.5
13
E
28
29
44
0
6h
10
14
S
0.4
13
E
28
29
62
0
7h
10
13
S
0.2
13
E
28
28
79
0
8h
10
14
S
0.2
13
E
28
29
61
0.1
9h
10
14
S
0.2
13
E
28
29
42
0.2
10h
11
15
S
0.1
13
E
28
28
89
0.3
11h
11
15
SW
0.1
13
E
28
29
35
0.2
12h
11
16
SW
0.1
13
E
28
29
46
0.2
13h
11
16
SW
0.1
12
E
28
28
58
0.1
14h
9
13
SW
0.4
13
E
28
29
45
0.1
15h
7
10
SW
0.8
13
E
28
29
32
0
16h
5
7
SW
1.1
13
E
28
28
19
0
17h
5
7
S
0.8
13
E
28
29
21
0
18h
5
8
S
0.5
13
E
28
29
24
0
19h
6
8
SE
0.1
12
E
29
28
27
0
20h
8
11
SE
0.2
12
E
28
29
24
0
21h
10
14
SE
0.2
12
E
28
29
21
0
22h
12
17
SE
0.3
12
E
28
28
17
0
23h
13
19
SE
0.2
12
E
28
29
17
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.