What are the current surf conditions at Pensacola Beach?

Pensacola Beach currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

What's the best time to surf Pensacola Beach?

The best time to surf Pensacola Beach is typically when swell comes from the S direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

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🌬️ WIND

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🌊 SWELL

0.5
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HEIGHT

0.5ft

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PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

5kt

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AIR TEMP

13°C

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0.4ft @
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0mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with wind swell (short period) with glassy conditions Note: winds from NNW would be better.

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Monday

Feb 9

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.4-0.9ft 💨 3-6kt 🌡️ 6-16°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	SW	6kt	NE	13kt	8°C	15°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SW	6kt	NE	12kt	8°C	15°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SW	6kt	NE	10kt	7°C	15°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SW	5kt	NE	9kt	7°C	15°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SW	5kt	NE	8kt	7°C	15°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SW	5kt	NE	8kt	7°C	15°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	SSW	5kt	ENE	7kt	6°C	15°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	S	4kt	ENE	6kt	8°C	15°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	S	4kt	E	5kt	10°C	15°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SSE	3kt	ESE	4kt	12°C	15°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	4s	SE	4kt	SE	5kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSE	5kt	14°C	15°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	3s	E	6kt	S	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	3s	E	5kt	S	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	3s	E	5kt	SSW	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	6kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	3s	ESE	5kt	S	7kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	3s	ESE	5kt	S	8kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	3s	SE	5kt	S	7kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	SE	4kt	S	6kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SSE	4kt	S	5kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SE	4kt	S	5kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SE	4kt	SSW	6kt	13°C	15°C	0mm

Tuesday

Feb 10

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.4ft 💨 1-8kt 🌡️ 13-20°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	ESE	4kt	SSW	6kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	3s	SE	4kt	SW	6kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SSE	3kt	WSW	5kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	S	3kt	WSW	5kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	S	2kt	W	4kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SSW	1kt	W	3kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SSW	1kt	WNW	2kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SW	2kt	W	3kt	14°C	15°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	5s	SW	2kt	WSW	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	5s	SW	3kt	SSW	7kt	17°C	15°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SSW	5kt	SSW	7kt	18°C	15°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	4s	SSE	6kt	SSW	8kt	19°C	15°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	8kt	SSW	8kt	20°C	15°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	3s	SE	8kt	SSW	8kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	3s	SE	8kt	SSW	9kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	3s	SE	8kt	SSW	9kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	3s	SE	7kt	SSW	10kt	18°C	15°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	3s	SE	7kt	SSW	11kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	3s	SE	6kt	SSW	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	3s	SE	6kt	SSW	11kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	4s	SE	5kt	SSW	10kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	4s	ESE	5kt	SSW	9kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	4s	ESE	5kt	SSW	9kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	4s	SE	5kt	SSW	8kt	15°C	16°C	0mm

Wednesday

Feb 11

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.3-0.6ft 💨 4-9kt 🌡️ 15-21°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	4s	SE	5kt	SSW	8kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SE	5kt	SSW	7kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	4kt	SSW	6kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	4kt	SW	5kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SE	4kt	SW	4kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SSE	4kt	SW	4kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SSE	4kt	SW	4kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	SSE	4kt	SW	6kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	S	5kt	SW	8kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	3s	S	6kt	SW	9kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SSW	7kt	SSW	10kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SSW	8kt	SSW	10kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SW	9kt	SSW	11kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SW	9kt	SSW	11kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SW	9kt	SSW	11kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SW	9kt	SSW	12kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	3s	SW	8kt	SSW	12kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	3s	SW	6kt	SSW	11kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	3s	SSW	5kt	SSW	11kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	3s	SSW	6kt	SSW	12kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	3s	SSW	6kt	SSW	14kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	3s	SSW	6kt	SSW	15kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	4s	SSW	6kt	SSW	14kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	S	5kt	SW	13kt	17°C	16°C	0mm

Thursday

Feb 12

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-1.4ft 💨 4-7kt 🌡️ 16-23°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	6s	SSE	5kt	SW	12kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	5kt	SW	12kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	12kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	4s	S	5kt	WSW	12kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	4s	S	5kt	WSW	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	4s	S	4kt	W	11kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.4ft	4s	SSE	4kt	W	11kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	S	5kt	W	11kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	3s	SSW	6kt	W	11kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	3s	SSW	6kt	W	12kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	4s	SSW	7kt	W	11kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	7kt	WSW	10kt	22°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	6s	S	7kt	WSW	10kt	23°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	6s	S	7kt	WSW	10kt	23°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	6s	S	7kt	WSW	10kt	23°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	6s	S	7kt	WSW	10kt	23°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	6s	S	6kt	WSW	10kt	22°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	6s	S	6kt	WSW	9kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	9kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	6kt	WNW	11kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	S	7kt	NNW	13kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	5s	S	7kt	N	16kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.9ft	5s	S	7kt	N	15kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.9ft	5s	S	7kt	N	15kt	16°C	16°C	0mm

Friday

Feb 13

FAIR6 good hours

🌊 0.9-1.2ft 💨 2-7kt 🌡️ 12-21°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	5s	S	7kt	N	14kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	5s	S	7kt	N	13kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	5s	S	6kt	NNE	13kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	5s	S	6kt	NNE	12kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	5s	S	6kt	NNE	12kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	5s	S	6kt	NNE	12kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	5kt	NNE	11kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	6kt	NNE	10kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	6kt	NNE	9kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	6kt	NE	8kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	5kt	NE	6kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	1ft	6s	S	3kt	NE	5kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	1.1ft	6s	S	2kt	NE	3kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	2kt	N	3kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	2kt	NW	3kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	2kt	WSW	3kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	2kt	SW	3kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	3kt	SSW	3kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	GOOD	1.2ft	7s	S	3kt	S	3kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	7s	S	3kt	SSE	3kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	7s	S	2kt	SSE	2kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	6s	S	2kt	SE	2kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	6s	S	2kt	ESE	2kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	2kt	ESE	2kt	15°C	16°C	0mm

Saturday

Feb 14

POOR4 good hours

🌊 0.4-1.1ft 💨 2-8kt 🌡️ 13-20°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	2kt	ESE	3kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	3kt	ESE	3kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	3kt	E	3kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	6s	S	4kt	ENE	4kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	4kt	E	4kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	4kt	E	5kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	5kt	E	5kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	S	5kt	E	6kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	S	5kt	ESE	7kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	S	5kt	ESE	7kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	S	6kt	SE	8kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	S	7kt	SE	8kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	S	7kt	SSE	9kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	S	8kt	SSE	9kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	S	8kt	SSE	9kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	S	8kt	S	9kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	6s	S	7kt	SSE	10kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	6kt	SSE	11kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SSE	13kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SSE	13kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SSE	14kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SSE	15kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	15kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm

Sunday

Feb 15

POOR4 good hours

🌊 0.4-4.5ft 💨 5-15kt 🌡️ 15-22°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	15kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	6kt	SE	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	7kt	SE	17kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	7s	S	9kt	SE	19kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	6s	S	10kt	SSE	20kt	19°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	12kt	SSE	22kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	13kt	SSE	22kt	20°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	14kt	S	23kt	21°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	15kt	S	23kt	22°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	15kt	S	24kt	22°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	15kt	S	25kt	22°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	15kt	S	26kt	21°C	16°C	0.1mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	6s	S	15kt	SSW	26kt	20°C	16°C	0.6mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	7s	S	14kt	SW	26kt	20°C	16°C	1.2mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	S	13kt	WSW	26kt	19°C	16°C	1.8mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	7s	S	11kt	W	22kt	18°C	16°C	1.9mm
8:00 PM	GOOD	3.1ft	7s	S	9kt	W	18kt	17°C	16°C	2mm
9:00 PM	GOOD	4.5ft	6s	SSW	6kt	WNW	14kt	16°C	16°C	2.1mm
10:00 PM	GOOD	4.4ft	6s	SSW	6kt	WNW	14kt	16°C	16°C	1.7mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	4.4ft	6s	SSW	5kt	WNW	14kt	15°C	16°C	1.4mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.4ft @ 4s

Wind Conditions:1-8kt NE

Water Temperature:15-16°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Pensacola Beach in Gulf Coast, Florida is a sheltered sandbar break that can produce quality surf, especially during hurricane season. The spot favors south-southeast swells paired with offshore winds from the north-northwest. Surf here is primarily wind-driven, though groundswells do occasionally make an appearance. The sandbar setup supports both left and right-hand waves, with good surf possible across all tide stages. While it can draw a crowd during good swells, it's often manageable. Common hazards include rips, undertow, and the occasional shark. The best stretch for clean, rideable waves is typically in winter, particularly in December.

Best Swell Direction: S

Bottom Type: Sand

Ideal Conditions

This spot performs best under these specific conditions. Forecasts take these into account when rating surf quality.

Ideal Swell DirectionSSE

Ideal Wind DirectionNNW

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