7:15 am:    Super small surf starts out this Black Friday .   Waves at 1/2 a foot to 1 foot at first look.   The wind is clocking offshore from NW to sideshore N @ report time .      The marine forecast is calling for increasing N winds today.  Our local buoy is currently reading 2.0 feet at 17 seconds changed from yesterdays  2.0 feet at 4 seconds.    The Atlantic Ocean water temperature measured 1/2 meter deep at the St. Augustine buoy 40 nautical miles ENE of St. Augustine was 71.1 degrees early this morning (surf temperature at the beach can be a degree or more cooler this time of year following cold fronts).  You can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

Strong cold fronts are increasingly pushing through Florida, scouring out tropical moisture with cool/dry continental air as the 2024 hurricane season draws to a close. These cold fronts and associated coastal lows will determine our wind, waves and water temps as winter gets underway. Dean’s updated Surf Station Forecast calls for a modest uptick Black Friday into the holiday weekend as high pressure builds southward behind a weak cold front. A stronger arctic-origin cold front will invade Florida to start the work week, bringing the coldest air of the season and a “humps on the horizon/head south young man” swell. Bottom line, waves (or lack thereof) and an extended outbreak of very cold weather the upcoming week will make you wish that trip to the islands was booked for early December. 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.