6:45 am: We’ve got another chilly morning with the waves appearing to be bottomed out at 1/2 a foot to barely a foot. Our local winds are currently blowing out of the WSW @ 4 to 9 knots, making for some clean but very small scale conditions. The marine forecast is calling for SW winds today. Our local buoy is currently reading 1.3 feet @ 15 seconds, down significantly from yesterday’s reading of 3.9 feet at 5 seconds.The water temperature is measured at 71.4 degrees early this morning.  You can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

Strong cold fronts have started pushing through Florida the second half of November, 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 winter water temps. After an unseasonably cold weekend dropping surf temps below 70F, the longest (in months) small to eventually flat spell will carry into Thanksgiving Day. Hope for some improvement may come during the holiday weekend as noted in The Surf Station Forecast. 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.