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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 • 29 March
0h
13
17
NW
0.3
10
NE
24
27
8
0
1h
12
16
NW
0.4
10
NE
24
27
13
0
2h
11
15
NW
0.3
10
NE
24
27
19
0
3h
10
14
W
0.3
10
NE
24
27
26
0
4h
13
17
W
0.5
10
NE
24
27
35
0
5h
13
18
W
0.4
10
NE
24
27
47
0
6h
15
20
W
0.4
10
NE
24
27
100
0
7h
15
20
W
1.2
9
NE
24
27
100
0
8h
14
20
W
0.5
10
NE
24
27
100
0
9h
13
18
W
0.3
10
NE
24
27
100
0
10h
13
17
W
1.2
9
NE
25
27
87
0
11h
14
19
W
0.7
10
NE
25
27
86
0
12h
14
21
W
1.3
9
NE
24
27
100
0
13h
18
25
W
1.5
12
NE
25
27
100
0.4
14h
23
32
NW
1
12
NE
24
27
100
1.2
15h
40
56
N
1.6
12
NE
24
27
100
0.2
16h
39
54
N
1.1
12
NE
24
27
100
0
17h
39
55
N
1.6
12
N
24
27
100
0
18h
36
51
N
1.6
12
N
24
27
100
0
19h
39
55
N
1.1
12
N
24
27
83
0
20h
38
50
N
1.6
12
N
24
27
68
0
21h
38
50
NE
1.6
12
N
24
27
56
0
22h
38
50
NE
1.2
11
N
24
27
67
0
23h
37
49
NE
1.6
11
N
23
27
69
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 • 30 March
0h
36
45
NE
1.6
11
N
23
27
60
0
1h
35
45
NE
1.2
11
N
23
27
43
0
2h
36
46
NE
1.6
11
N
23
27
40
0
3h
35
44
NE
1.6
11
N
23
27
28
0
4h
36
45
NE
1.2
8
N
23
27
26
0
5h
35
45
NE
1.6
10
N
23
27
43
0
6h
34
44
NE
1.6
10
N
23
27
44
0
7h
33
43
NE
1.1
8
N
23
27
43
0
8h
33
42
NE
1.1
11
N
23
27
45
0
9h
34
43
NE
1.6
10
N
23
27
26
0
10h
34
43
NE
1.1
11
N
23
27
16
0
11h
34
46
NE
1.5
10
N
23
27
35
0
12h
32
45
NE
1.2
12
N
23
27
31
0
13h
31
44
NE
1.3
11
NE
23
27
20
0
14h
31
44
NE
0.8
11
N
23
27
23
0
15h
30
42
NE
0.8
11
N
23
27
28
0
16h
31
43
NE
0.9
10
N
23
27
34
0
17h
31
44
NE
0.8
11
N
23
27
37
0
18h
32
47
NE
0.9
11
N
23
27
31
0
19h
32
47
NE
0.9
10
N
23
27
31
0
20h
32
41
NE
0.9
10
N
23
27
31
0
21h
32
42
NE
0.9
10
N
23
27
28
0
22h
31
40
E
0.9
10
NE
23
27
30
0
23h
31
40
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
24
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 • 31 March
0h
30
38
E
0.8
10
N
23
27
25
0
1h
30
38
E
0.8
10
NE
23
27
24
0
2h
30
38
E
0.7
10
N
23
27
40
0
3h
29
38
E
0.7
10
N
23
27
62
0
4h
30
37
E
0.8
10
NE
23
27
66
0
5h
30
38
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
86
0
6h
30
38
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
85
0
7h
30
38
E
0.8
10
NE
23
27
85
0
8h
30
39
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
83
0
9h
30
39
E
1
10
N
23
27
87
0
10h
30
39
E
1
10
NE
23
27
77
0
11h
31
42
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
82
0
12h
30
41
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
88
0
13h
31
43
E
0.9
10
NE
23
27
88
0
14h
31
44
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
32
0
15h
30
44
E
0.9
10
N
23
27
29
0
16h
32
46
E
0.9
10
NE
23
27
72
0
17h
32
45
E
0.9
10
NE
23
27
87
0
18h
32
46
E
1
10
NE
23
27
76
0
19h
32
47
E
1
10
NE
23
27
79
0
20h
32
42
E
1
10
NE
23
27
76
0
21h
32
43
E
1
10
NE
24
27
84
0
22h
32
43
E
1
10
NE
24
27
86
0
23h
32
43
E
0.9
10
NE
23
27
86
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 • 1 April
0h
31
39
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
100
0
1h
30
39
E
1
10
NE
24
27
78
0
2h
32
42
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
90
0
3h
31
40
E
1
10
NE
24
27
80
0
4h
31
40
E
1
9
NE
24
27
78
0
5h
29
38
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
86
0
6h
30
38
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
77
0
7h
30
39
E
0.9
9
NE
24
27
90
0.1
8h
31
40
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
81
0.2
9h
32
43
E
0.9
10
NE
24
27
68
0.1
10h
32
42
E
0.9
9
NE
24
27
69
0
11h
32
45
E
0.8
9
NE
24
27
30
0
12h
32
46
E
1.5
9
NE
24
27
30
0
13h
30
43
E
0.8
9
NE
24
27
83
0
14h
28
40
E
1.5
9
NE
24
27
79
0
15h
31
44
E
1.2
9
NE
24
27
54
0
16h
31
45
E
0.9
8
NE
24
27
45
0
17h
32
47
E
1.3
9
NE
24
27
37
0
18h
32
46
E
1.2
9
NE
24
27
46
0
19h
33
49
E
1
8
NE
24
27
44
0
20h
35
46
E
1
8
NE
24
27
61
0
21h
35
46
E
1
8
NE
24
27
67
0
22h
35
47
E
1
8
NE
24
27
36
0
23h
32
44
E
1
8
NE
24
27
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 • 2 April
0h
31
41
E
1.1
8
NE
25
24
35
0
1h
33
43
E
1.1
7
NE
25
24
25
0
2h
30
41
E
1
8
NE
24
24
38
0
3h
31
40
E
0.9
8
NE
24
24
66
0
4h
30
39
E
0.9
9
NE
24
24
66
0
5h
28
38
E
0.9
9
NE
24
24
82
0
6h
28
36
E
0.9
9
NE
24
24
54
0
7h
28
37
E
0.9
9
E
24
24
99
0
8h
28
38
E
0.9
9
E
24
27
71
0
9h
29
39
E
0.9
9
E
24
27
43
0
10h
29
39
SE
0.9
9
E
24
24
76
0
11h
28
40
SE
0.9
9
E
24
27
24
0
12h
28
40
SE
0.9
9
E
24
27
32
0
13h
27
40
SE
0.9
9
E
24
24
41
0
14h
28
41
SE
0.8
9
E
24
27
42
0
15h
28
41
E
0.8
8
E
24
27
44
0
16h
28
42
E
0.8
8
E
24
24
45
0
17h
29
41
E
0.9
11
E
24
27
39
0
18h
30
41
E
1
13
E
25
27
33
0
19h
30
40
E
1.1
16
E
25
24
27
0
20h
31
41
E
1.1
15
E
25
27
26
0
21h
31
42
E
1.1
15
E
25
27
25
0
22h
32
43
E
1
14
E
25
24
24
0
23h
32
42
E
1.1
14
NE
25
27
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)
Wednesday • 3 April
0h
32
42
SE
1.1
14
NE
25
27
45
0
1h
32
42
SE
1.2
14
NE
25
24
56
0
2h
32
42
SE
1.1
14
NE
25
27
54
0
3h
32
42
SE
1.1
14
NE
25
27
53
0
4h
32
43
SE
1.1
14
NE
25
24
51
0
5h
32
43
SE
1
12
NE
25
27
54
0
6h
32
43
SE
1
10
NE
25
27
56
0
7h
32
43
SE
0.9
8
NE
25
24
59
0
8h
33
44
SE
0.9
8
NE
26
27
56
0
9h
34
46
SE
0.9
8
NE
26
27
53
0
10h
35
47
SE
0.9
8
NE
26
24
50
0
11h
33
48
SE
0.9
10
NE
26
27
39
0
12h
32
48
SE
0.9
11
NE
25
27
27
0
13h
31
48
SE
1
13
NE
25
24
16
0
14h
27
39
SE
0.9
13
NE
24
27
11
0
15h
24
30
SE
0.9
13
NE
24
27
7
0
16h
21
22
SE
0.9
13
NE
24
24
2
0
17h
20
24
SE
0.7
11
NE
24
27
3
0
18h
19
26
SE
0.6
9
NE
25
27
4
0
19h
19
28
SE
0.5
8
NE
26
24
5
0
20h
20
29
SE
0.6
10
NE
26
27
6
0
21h
21
30
SE
0.7
11
NE
26
27
7
0
22h
22
30
SE
0.8
13
NE
26
24
8
0
23h
23
32
SE
0.7
11
NE
26
27
12
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 • 4 April
0h
24
33
SE
0.6
8
NE
26
27
16
0
1h
25
34
SE
0.5
6
NE
26
24
20
0
2h
23
32
SE
0.5
6
NE
26
27
16
0
3h
22
30
S
0.6
6
NE
26
27
13
0
4h
21
29
S
0.6
6
NE
26
24
9
0
5h
20
27
S
0.5
6
NE
26
27
10
0
6h
19
26
S
0.5
7
NE
26
27
10
0
7h
18
25
S
0.5
7
NE
26
24
10
0
8h
17
23
S
0.5
7
NE
26
27
9
0
9h
15
21
S
0.5
7
NE
26
27
8
0
10h
14
19
SW
0.5
7
NE
26
24
6
0
11h
13
22
SW
0.5
7
NE
25
27
6
0
12h
13
24
SW
0.4
7
NE
24
27
5
0
13h
13
27
SW
0.4
7
NE
23
24
4
0
14h
11
23
W
0.4
7
NE
24
27
4
0
15h
10
19
W
0.4
7
NE
24
27
4
0
16h
8
15
NW
0.4
7
NE
25
24
4
0
17h
9
15
NW
0.4
6
NE
25
27
4
0
18h
10
15
NW
0.4
6
NE
26
27
3
0
19h
10
16
N
0.4
6
NE
26
24
3
0
20h
11
16
SW
0.4
6
NE
26
27
2
0
21h
12
17
SE
0.4
6
NE
26
27
1
0
22h
12
17
N
0.4
6
NE
26
24
0
0
23h
10
14
NE
0.5
9
NE
26
27
0
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.