Drew - there is a brief surf section on this web site. Did you read through it already?

Also you named the two spots I know of; Limestone is pretty shallow and has lots of reefs on the one end. Suppose you could swim out on the left side maybe and surf. Sprat Bay is where I have seen people surfing, on the right side of the bay closest to the penisula.

--Islander

-Islander

Thanks for the help. I read the brief surf section on the website, but I was looking to see if anyone had anymore specific details (like how often it breaks there, how big it gets, and if the waves get good) and/or idealy some pictures of some waves breaking on those spots. Thanks again.
-drew

Drew - do me a favor if you will. I receive a good bit of questions about surfing in the USVI. The section you read was created to answer a few of those questions - as a non-surfer I don't know what other questions an avid surfer would be interested in knowing. However I can find out - but would rather not go look for a surfer everytime there is a new question - what I ideally would like to do is get as many questions you and other surfers might want to know and then ask all of them at the same time and add the responses to the section you already looked at. Could you post all the questions concerning surfing in the USVI that you can come up with that you as a sufer would want to know... and I will try and see about getting answers to them.

You can leave out secret spots - I asked 2 folks about that already.... some sort of surfer pact all I get is a big smile and a look like yeah sure!!! - you'll have to find those on your own. LOL

Thanks Drew, also ask your questions in laymens terms if you don't think I will understand (non-surfer) - or else I won't have any idea what I am talking about when I seek the answers.

--Islander

My young UVI friends were surfing at Sprat Point a couple of weeks ago...as you know it all depends on the wind/waves and everything was coming from way south of east for awhile...guess you'll just have to take your chances!!

I think what would be ideal and satisfy surfers who are thinking about coming to USVI if there was more information about each surf spot like surfline.com does...for example if you go to this page http://content.surfline.com/sw/content/travel/surfmaps/us/new_hampshire/the_wall.jsp it breaks down a surf spot callled the wall in NH and has a description of every break in NH. It gives a brief introduction and then goes into answering the important questions that a surfer wants to know...
-what is the best tide(low, high...?)
-best wind (NW, W...?)
-best size of swell
-best direction of swell (where is the swell coming from...northeast, southeast?)
-how big can it get before the break can not handle bigger waves (the swell is too big and the waves begin to closeout)
-what size board should I bring (shortboard, gun, longboard)
-does the break get crowded
-what are the locals like (will they bully you out of the water)
-how hard is the paddle out on 1-10 scale
-ability level (beginner to advanced)
-how clean is the water
-are there any underwater hazards (unseen boulders, pillings, shipwrecks, shallow and sharp coral, sea urchins?)
-what type of break is it (rock, live reef, dead reef, sand)
-shark danger level
-where is the closest surf shop to each break

and most importantly i think people would like to see some pictures of the break from the beach. so they can get a feeling of what they will be getting themselves into. if you answered all those questions you would be answering every single question a surfer would want to know.