Florida's Surf Cam Sites

The North East Florida coastline handles large swells well, with spots like Jacksonville Beach Pier and St. Augustine performing best on medium to incoming tides, while Flagler Beach benefits from defined sandbars.

The East Central region features incredibly diverse sandbars and reef setups. Breaks like the Cocoa Beach Pier handle all tides well and offer a mellow, rolling shape ideal for longboards, while spots further south like Satellite Beach break heavily over shallow coquina reefs. Sebastian Inlet's famous "First Peak" is notoriously sharp and fast, performing at its absolute peak on a low incoming tide. Check the active live streaming feeds below to gauge the current wave heights and wind conditions before paddling out.

South East Florida relies heavily on steep, local north-east wind-swells or deep hurricane tracking out in the Atlantic to bypass the Bahamas shadow. Breaks around Jupiter Inlet offer pristine, clear-water shapes that light up on strong groundswells, while the beach breaks spanning Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach generate fast, punchy peaks. Most of these breaks rely on solid sandbars and are highly sensitive to the tide, frequently offering the cleanest, most hollow conditions on a mid-to-high incoming tide setup.

The Florida Gulf Coast and the Florida Keys require precise meteorological timing to fire up, but they produce incredibly clean, emerald-green barrels when the right conditions line up. While the Pensacola Beach Pier and Destin sandbars track short-period Panhandle wind-swells, spots further south like Clearwater's Pier 60 and Venice break on intense winter cold fronts. Down in the Florida Keys, traditional surf is rare due to reef sheltering, but Key West and surrounding gaps occasionally see wrapping wind-swells during severe weather events. Checking these live webcams frequently is the best way to time these brief, fast-moving swell windows.