About Long Bay

Long Bay is a town in Portland Parish, Jamaica. From Long Bay you can reach 4 surf spots and 2 dive sites, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Long bay, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is KIN, 53 km away.

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Staying in Long Bay

6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: KIN, 53 km, KTP, 55 km, OCJ, 76 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Long Bay. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Long Bay too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Boston Bay7 kmabout 15 min by carStays in BostonIntermediate and up

3 ft52 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

2 ft17 kJ

2 ft11 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

2 ft17 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Boston Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	33, poor	3 ft5 shollow	52kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	21, too small	2 ft5 shollow	22kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	2 ft5 shollow	17kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	14, too small	2 ft5 shollow	11kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	1 ft5 shollow	6kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	2 ft4 shollow	14kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	2 ft4 shollow	17kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	29°C

Long bay0.4 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft62 kJ

3 ft28 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

2 ft16 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Long bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	44, fair	4 ft5 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	32, too small	3 ft5 smushy	28kJ	wind from the south-west, 2 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	25, too small	2 ft5 smushy	22kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	25, too small	2 ft4 smushy	16kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	27, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	29°C

Navy Island16.8 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Boston, 11 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft35 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Navy Island, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	3 ft5 smushy	35kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 20Oct	12, too small	2 ft5 shollow	10kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Wed 21Oct	10, too small	1 ft5 shollow	6kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	7, too small	1 ft5 shollow	4kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	29°C
Fri 23Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, offshore	27°C
Sat 24Oct	18, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Long Bay, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Long Bay. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Canon Cave31.9 kmabout 1h 00 by carIntermediate and up

4 ft84 kJ

3 ft38 kJ

3 ft32 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft11 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Canon Cave, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	54, good	4 ft5 smushy	84kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots, offshore	30°C
Mon 19Oct	37, fair	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	3 ft5 smushy	32kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots, offshore	30°C
Wed 21Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	20, too small	2 ft5 smushy	11kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	28, too small	2 ft4 smushy	19kJ	wind from the north, 5 knots, offshore	26°C
Sat 24Oct	29, too small	2 ft5 smushy	22kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots	27°C

Dive near Long Bay

Bowden Reef 26.5 km · stays here
Dead Man's Bones 26.7 km · stays here

Long Bay, Jamaica

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Where it is

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