ever seen a surfer on st. john

I can't speak for all the time, but when I was in STT/STJ in Sept there was barely even a break in the water. The last day I was there, Isabel was just making her turn north and there were waves of maybe 1-2 feet coming ashore. I missed the monsoons a couple months ago, but I imagine there were some good waves since some of the beaches eroded.

I saw no surfers at all on either island...but that could have just been the season when I was there.

I've seen pictures of Hull Bay on ST. Thomas,
Cane Garden Bay has good waves on Tortola,
never seen a surfer on ST. John but I've heard many st john surfers surf on Tortola so they must surf somewhere on ST John too.

Hello,

There is a litle bit of surfing info at

http://vinow.com/general_usvi/more_info/surfing/

I have seen surfers on St. Thomas and Water Island. I have heard about folks surfing on St. John and St. Croix. Tortola has good surfng and has a yearly compeition.

--Islander

Was in STJ in late Dec. and saw surfers at Cinnamon Bay beach. There was a lot of winds which gave the proper swells. Swam @ Trunk Bay and thought the waves would have worked there.

Rock on!

--Isaac

thanks everyone on this board,
have surfboard, will travel!
I'm getting a free trip to the islands and just would kick myself if the waves looked fun and I didn't have a board with me.
I surfed for two hours at home today and the water was 56 degrees so I can't wait to feel the caribbean.
ya hooooooo!

they surf all the time at the reef bay beach (on the fish bay side of reef bay) and also coco lobo point when the wind is really up. on the north side johnsons reef is occassionially surfed and in tortola theres carot bay(?) by bombas surf shack...

We there Dec 25 for 7 days. The wind was pretty strong. At Sapphire Beach this felllow came up a small parachute and he had about a 50' rope. One guy held the shut out to catch wind. He had like a small surf board with feet caps. He would catch the wind
and get on the board and lean back and go side to side. He could jump a wave and some how turn his direction the othe way. He started out goinb back and forth small then
finalla took him out as far as he wanted to.
I was thinking it must have been ruff on the back. But he was a young surfer Dude
who had the body for it.

Well folks...surfing is not a seriuos activity in the Virgin Islands. I grew up near Santa Cruz (that's Monterey Bay...California) Lots of great surf but... 50 degree water temperature in the winter (sometimes less...freeze your ....). We all know that Hawaii and Australia have some of the greatest surf water in the world. The Virgin island has much calmer water and does not have the breaks that encourage surfiing. That's good for just floating and enjoying...Yes... Carrot Bay ( near Bomba"s) on Tortola in the BVI has a pretty good break. but not world class by any definition. Surfers will try anything...but the Virgin islands is not the place for them...Oh well some would surf a bathtub if nothing else was around...

Kite boarding is the newest water sport around here- kind of a cross between wind surfing and parasailing..think snow boarding on water... P.S, There were surfers on Johnson's Reef yesterday afternoon, a swell seems to be coming in.