St. Augustine Beach surf report
St. Augustine Beach, Florida
Updated 4:00 AM EDT
What decides a surfing score
Scored on wave size, period and wind speed. We do not yet know which way each beach faces, so this does not account for offshore versus onshore wind.
St. Augustine Beach is also scored for
About St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Beach sits on the Florida coast, where the water runs from about 61°F in January to 85°F in July.
The water averages above 70°F in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November — 8 months of the year — peaking around 85°F in July and dropping to about 61°F in January.
Today it is 81°F. That is 3° above the October average of 78°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station St. Augustine Beach about 0.1 km away on the open coast.
Frequently asked questions
Is St. Augustine Beach good for surfing today?
Marginal — we score it 48 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is wave size at 0.9 ft.
What makes a good surfing day?
We weight wave size (45%), swell period (30%), wind (15%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.