South Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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South Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the W, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | strong wind from the W |
| Best tide | mid & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 3s |
| Swell direction | W (259°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 42095 (149 mi away) |
| Wind | 8 kt from the SW — NDBC VAKF1 (3 mi away) |
South Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for South Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 0–1 ft | 2s S | 14 kt SW |
| Fri Jul 31 | 0–1 ft | 2s SSW | 13 kt SW |
| Sat Aug 1 | 0–1 ft | 3s SSE | 17 kt SSW |
| Sun Aug 2 | 0–1 ft | 3s SE | 11 kt SSE |
| Mon Aug 3 | 0–1 ft | 3s ESE | 13 kt SSE |
| Tue Aug 4 | 0–1 ft | 2s ESE | 10 kt SE |
| Wed Aug 5 | 1 ft | 2s E | 13 kt ESE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8723214 (Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay), the nearest tide station (3 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 01:43 — High 1.881 ft
- 2026-06-06 07:49 — Low 0.259 ft
- 2026-06-06 13:56 — High 1.724 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:04 — Low 0.159 ft
- 2026-06-07 02:25 — High 1.862 ft
- 2026-06-07 08:36 — Low 0.19 ft
Frequently asked
Is South Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:00 UTC), South Beach is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the W is off its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is moderate from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for South Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 42095) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for South Beach?
South Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the W, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether South Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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