Live Flagler Pier Surf Cam

Report Overview

Report Title:
Wednesday 4/24/24 Mid Afternoon
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
2
Change From Yesterday:
Smaller (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
Winds are onshore now
Current Wave Size:
1 to occasionally up to 2 feet
Surface Conditions:
semi-choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
2.25
2.25 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Worth it if you have nothing else going on.
Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:

smaller waves but still some at least knee to thigh high wave till dark. The wind will be onshore but not too strong

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

Swell Info

Form:
fair
Wave Size In Body Height:
Knee to thigh high
Largest Wave:
possibly a waist high peak left
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
decrease
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
Combo
Swell Direction:
ENE
Current:
light
Swell Interval:
more spread out
Hard To Paddle Out:
2

Wind Info

Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:

Tides

Today's Tide Data:
Tomorrow's Tide Data:
View Full Year Of Tides:

Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:
70.5
Water Clarity:
Good!
Critters:
No new reports in overnight
St. Augustine Weather Station:

Surf Report Comments

Wednesday, April 24rd
Reporter: T. Strange
Surf Report comments: 
 

6:55 am:  Slightly smaller surf starts out the day.    Wave size 1.5 to 2 feet, occasionally a little larger.   It’s semi-glassy to glassy with light SSW winds early.  .    On our local buoy the early morning wave height reading of 3.9 feet at 11 seconds, down from yesterdays 5.9 feet at between 8 and 12 seconds.  The marine forecast calling for early very light wind to shift SE this afternoon and increase.  The water temperature is measured at 70 degrees at The Pier this morning.   And you can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

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7:45 am:    Early morning photos are posted in box #1 and you can see we still have waves for your Wednesday.   Each day it does drop too much with this morning ahidn in there @ thigh to waist high with likely some larger set waves. The surfers weren’t catching many waves, so didn’t get a picture of a surfer riding a wave to tell how big it was.    The ocean is semi-glassy with light SSW winds.   If it clocks more SW to west it will get cleaner. This  afternoon it is forcast to be SE, which would bump it up.   So the morning surf will be best, before the wind shift…..  

 

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3:45 pm:  New afternoon photos are up and posted in box #2 and you can see it’s way smaller now.   What a different from the past few days!   Much small overall with only knee high to maybe thigh high semi-choppy waves this afternoon.   Will we get a push with incoming ide?    We will see….. there is still a little bit of swell on the buoy offshore…. 

 

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Left up from last night:  

9:00 pm:   The are over 50 new evening photos  up in box #3 and you can the swell has cleaned up. Not super clean but some way less messy and fun waves around The Dredge this evening.  Waves waist to rib high with some larger peaks and lines.  Still pushing left, with some rights too.  A sand point break forming in our home town.   How good will it get?   We will record what we see in the days and weeks ahead.  And how will the surf be in the morning?   We will be back early to report what we see then too.      

  And this will do it until early in the morning.. over and out… 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is the overview wind map. Here is the weekly weather forecast for St Augustine Beach, and the 5-day NWS Marine Forecast for Northeast Florida coastal waters. Dean’s Surf Forecast discusses and details what to expect in the way of waves through the remainder of April into early May... hint: seasonally mild/dry spring weather with warming water temps and fairly consistent (at times even sizeable) surf

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