Surf Forecast  Cane Garden Bay

Cane Garden Bay surfspot characteristics

More about Cane Garden Bay surfspot

World-class Cane Garden Bay faces west, so the right pointbreak will only break 20-30 times a year, but when it’s on, tubular walls will peel against the hill for several hundred metres. Throaty barrels at the tip of the point hit the numerous shallow coral heads, then race down the line to the inside bowl section, before shouldering off into deep water around the corner. Any NE-E wind is offshore (SE messes it up) and tide isn’t a problem, rather it’s timing a NW-NE swell that is big enough to make the hairpin journey around the island to the bay. Due E swell has it's power sapped by Anegada.

There are no easy ones and since it only breaks so rarely, the locals are as hungry as the Gillette coral. Many US East Coasters and Puerto Ricans now have the place dialled and will plan short hops to Tortola as soon as they see a major swell on the way. Threat of wave-killing breakwall to protect ill-conceived fuel dock ongoing.