Live St. Augustine Pier Surf Cam
Report Overview
Report Title:
Friday 12/13/24 Mid Afternoon
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
3
Change From Yesterday:
Bigger (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
Choppier
Current Wave Size:
3-4 feet
Surface Conditions:
choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: Not looking bad at all... there are some fun waves at times!
Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:
Increasing NE windswell surf. Waves 2-3++ feet, and increasing. Strong NE winds all day
Dean's Long Range Forecast:
Swell Info
Form:
mostly poor , but occasiailly fair!
Wave Size In Body Height:
waist to chest high, occasionally larger
Largest Wave:
shoulder high or so
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
increasing
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
windswell
Swell Direction:
NE
Current:
increasing from the N
Swell Interval:
short and close together windwaves
Hard To Paddle Out:
4
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature:
66.7 measured offshore ; likely colder along the beach
Water Clarity:
Fair
Critters:
No new reports
St. Augustine Weather Station:
Local Radar:
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7:45 am: Early morning photos are up box #1 and you can see it’s choppy and mixed up this morning. Onshore winds and sloppy surf that has increased to waist to chest high. Cloudy skies at the beach
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9:00 am: New mid morning photos are up box #2 with the waves looking a little better than the dawn patrol report. Some easily chest high waves and not as mixed up / messy as a few hours ago. Sure, it’s still choppy, but overall it looks like there could be some fun waves to be found. Not an easy paddle out but the drops look fun with some workable sections. Plenty of swell today!
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4:30 pm: New late afternoon photos are up box #3 and you can see we have sizable waves for your Friday Happy Hour surf session. Some over chest high waves at times! Some current from N to S with some lefts pushing down the beach. Some right hooks too. Very challenging surf! The good surfers are getting good rides and the not so good surfers are staying on the beach (or not even at the beach, lol) .
And this will do it until early in the morning… over and out….
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Dean’s Surf Station Forecast just updated… a strong/prolonged onshore flow over the weekend will combine with an open ocean low east of the Bahamas to build a SIGNFICANT SIZE COMBO SWELL that will linger well into next week with warmer weather and finally lighter wind Tuesday/Wednesday. Here is a good link to accurately track real-time, near-shore surf temperatures off the NE Florida coast: the Fernandina Beach buoy. Located upstream (to the north) and closer to the coast than the St. Augustine buoy, it’s a good indicator of fluctuations in NE Florida surf temps influenced by northerly wind cold air outbreaks. Here is an overview of a large-scale, real-time wind map to track the shifting winds associated with the fronts and lows that produce our waves.
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