USVI-On-Line

Just wondering how the swell on the north shore beaches has
been effecting the snorkeling/visibility. Will be on island 1/20!
Hoping for some good north shore snorkeling.

Kevin F

If the swells are going on when you are there, best to head to the other side that day. Snorkelling is dangerous, risky and generally pointless when it's breaking like that. Sometimes Maho and Francis are calmer, Waterlemon is an option depending on conditions, although the current can run strong around the cay. Usually Salt Pond and the SS bays are like glass.

We have had NS high surf advisory on 2 trips. Usually it only lasts a day or 2, and visibility will improve quickly once it settles down. The NPS posts the High surf signs right as you climb the hill out of cruz bay.

I was told to watch the New England weather and then add 5-6 days. I don't know if this works, but it is apparently based on the idea that the waves from those storms roll south down the Atlantic

We are here now & NS has been better than SS. Little Lamesure was super murky, Trunk & Hawksnest have been the best. Yes, I said Trunk, lol! Our kids insisted on going there & we found a day with only 1 ship in STT. I think Francis was my fav though, there was a HUGE manta ray there all day. So cool!

It is very easy to see what the North swell conditions will be on STJ -- go to www.ndbc.noaa.gov and pull up station 41043 click on the symbol next to wave height for a graphic representation - in fact if you go there now - Wed. night - you will see a major spike in wave height from 6.5 ft to 13.5 ft in the last 4 hours --- big swell coming soon!

Exit Zero wrote:It is very easy to see what the North swell conditions will be on STJ -- go to www.ndbc.noaa.gov and pull up station 41043 click on the symbol next to wave height for a graphic representation - in fact if you go there now - Wed. night - you will see a major spike in wave height from 6.5 ft to 13.5 ft in the last 4 hours --- big swell coming soon!

12-14 sec period, wooo hoooo Caret Bay on STT will be going off!

Magicseaweed.com is a great site too. Big swells today and tomorrow but calm conditions next week.

http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts ... starttime=