St. Pete Beach surf report
St. Pete 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. Pete Beach is also scored for
About St. Pete Beach
St. Pete Beach sits on the Florida coast, where the water runs from about 62°F in January to 89°F in July.
The water averages above 70°F in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November — 9 months of the year — peaking around 89°F in July and dropping to about 62°F in January.
Today it is 83°F. That is 3° above the October average of 80°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Long Key, 0.5mi N. of Corey Causeway about 3.2 km away on the open coast.
Frequently asked questions
Is St. Pete Beach good for surfing today?
Flat or blown out — we score it 39 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is swell period at 3s.
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.