What are the current surf conditions at Surfside?

Surfside 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 Surfside?

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

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🌬️ WIND

6
kt

🌊 SWELL

1.3
ft

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SWELL
HEIGHT

1.3ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

9kt

🌡️

AIR TEMP

30°C

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SECONDARY
SWELL

0.3ft @
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PRECIPITATION

0.1mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Small 1.3ft waves with wind swell (short period) with very light winds Note: winds from NW would be better.

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Thursday

Sep 24

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.8-1.7ft 💨 2-12kt 🌡️ 25-34°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	4s	SE	5kt	SE	9kt	27°C	31°C	0.1mm
1:00 AM	POOR	1ft	4s	ESE	5kt	SE	8kt	27°C	31°C	0.1mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	4s	ESE	4kt	SE	6kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	4s	ESE	3kt	ESE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	3kt	E	2kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	3kt	ENE	3kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	3kt	ENE	3kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	4kt	NE	4kt	25°C	31°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	4kt	NE	5kt	27°C	31°C	0.1mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	5kt	ENE	7kt	28°C	31°C	0.1mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	6kt	ENE	9kt	30°C	31°C	0.1mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	4s	SE	8kt	ENE	9kt	31°C	31°C	0.1mm
12:00 PM	POOR	1ft	4s	SE	10kt	E	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	4s	SE	12kt	E	11kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	1ft	4s	SE	12kt	E	12kt	33°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	SSE	12kt	E	12kt	33°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	6s	SSE	11kt	E	13kt	33°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	6s	SSE	10kt	E	12kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	6s	SSE	8kt	ESE	11kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	1.3ft	6s	SSE	6kt	ESE	10kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	1.4ft	5s	SE	5kt	SE	7kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1.5ft	5s	SE	3kt	SE	5kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	2kt	SSE	3kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	2kt	SSE	3kt	27°C	31°C	0mm

Friday

Sep 25

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.8-1.9ft 💨 3-10kt 🌡️ 26-34°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	3kt	SSE	3kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	3kt	S	3kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	3kt	SE	3kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	3kt	ESE	3kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	3kt	E	3kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	5s	ESE	4kt	ENE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.4ft	4s	SE	4kt	ENE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	4s	SE	4kt	ENE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.5ft	5s	ESE	5kt	ENE	6kt	28°C	31°C	0.1mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	6kt	ENE	8kt	30°C	31°C	0.1mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.9ft	5s	ESE	7kt	ENE	10kt	32°C	31°C	0.1mm
11:00 AM	POOR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	8kt	E	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	4s	SE	9kt	E	10kt	33°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	4s	SE	10kt	E	10kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	1ft	4s	SE	10kt	E	10kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	5s	SE	10kt	E	10kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	5s	SSE	10kt	E	10kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	SE	9kt	ESE	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	1.4ft	5s	SE	8kt	ESE	10kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	7kt	ESE	11kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	ESE	6kt	ESE	9kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1.6ft	5s	ESE	5kt	SE	7kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	1.6ft	5s	ESE	5kt	SE	5kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1.6ft	5s	ESE	4kt	SE	4kt	27°C	31°C	0mm

Saturday

Sep 26

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.7-1.5ft 💨 1-11kt 🌡️ 25-34°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.5ft	5s	ESE	4kt	SSE	4kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.5ft	5s	ESE	3kt	SSE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	ESE	3kt	ESE	3kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	ESE	2kt	ENE	2kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	ESE	1kt	NNE	1kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.3ft	5s	ESE	2kt	NNE	2kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	5s	ESE	3kt	NNE	3kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	5s	ESE	4kt	NNE	4kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	5s	ESE	4kt	NNE	4kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	5s	ESE	4kt	NE	4kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	4kt	ENE	4kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	5kt	E	5kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	6kt	ESE	6kt	33°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	8kt	ESE	7kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	9kt	ESE	7kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	SE	10kt	SE	8kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	SE	11kt	SE	8kt	34°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1ft	5s	SE	10kt	SE	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	SE	9kt	SE	12kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	13kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	14kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	14kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	5s	SE	7kt	SE	15kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	5s	SE	7kt	SSE	15kt	27°C	31°C	0mm

Sunday

Sep 27

POOR1 good hours

🌊 0.6-2.2ft 💨 4-12kt 🌡️ 25-32°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	5s	ESE	7kt	SSE	15kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	ESE	7kt	SSE	15kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	ESE	6kt	SSE	13kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	6s	ESE	6kt	SSE	11kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	6s	ESE	5kt	SSE	9kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	6s	SE	5kt	SSE	7kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.8ft	5s	SE	4kt	SSE	6kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	4s	SE	4kt	SSE	4kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	SE	5kt	SSE	6kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSE	7kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	6s	SE	8kt	SSE	8kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	6s	SE	9kt	SSE	9kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	6s	SE	10kt	SSE	9kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	6s	SE	11kt	SSE	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	6s	SE	11kt	SSE	10kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	7s	SE	11kt	SSE	10kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	7s	SE	12kt	SSE	10kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	SE	11kt	SE	11kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1ft	6s	SE	10kt	SE	13kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	SE	9kt	SE	14kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	ESE	9kt	SE	15kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	1.3ft	5s	ESE	9kt	SE	16kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	ESE	8kt	SE	16kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	ESE	8kt	SE	16kt	27°C	31°C	0mm

Monday

Sep 28

POOR1 good hours

🌊 0.6-2.0ft 💨 4-12kt 🌡️ 25-32°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	16kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	7s	SE	8kt	SSE	16kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	7s	SE	7kt	SSE	14kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1ft	6s	SE	6kt	SSE	12kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1ft	6s	ESE	6kt	SSE	10kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1ft	6s	ESE	5kt	S	8kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	6s	ESE	5kt	S	7kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	6s	ESE	4kt	S	5kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	6s	SE	5kt	S	5kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.6ft	5s	SE	5kt	S	5kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	2ft	5s	SE	6kt	SSE	5kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	1.9ft	5s	SE	7kt	SSE	6kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	1.9ft	5s	SE	9kt	SSE	6kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	1.8ft	5s	SE	11kt	SSE	7kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	SE	11kt	SSE	7kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	1ft	6s	SE	11kt	SSE	8kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	6s	SE	12kt	SSE	9kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1ft	6s	SE	11kt	SSE	10kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	6s	SE	10kt	SE	12kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.9ft	6s	SE	9kt	SE	14kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.5ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	14kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1.1ft	6s	SE	7kt	SE	14kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SE	13kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SSE	14kt	26°C	31°C	0mm

Tuesday

Sep 29

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.6-1.7ft 💨 2-11kt 🌡️ 24-32°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSE	14kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSE	15kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSE	14kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	6s	SE	6kt	SSE	12kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	6s	ESE	6kt	SSE	11kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1ft	5s	SE	4kt	S	8kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	SE	3kt	S	5kt	24°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	4s	SE	2kt	SSW	2kt	24°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	4s	SE	3kt	S	3kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.6ft	4s	SE	4kt	S	4kt	28°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.6ft	4s	SE	5kt	SSE	6kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	4s	SE	7kt	SSE	6kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	5s	SE	9kt	SSE	7kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	ESE	11kt	SSE	8kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	SE	11kt	SSE	8kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	5s	SE	11kt	SSE	9kt	32°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	6s	SSE	11kt	SSE	10kt	31°C	31°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1ft	6s	SSE	10kt	SSE	11kt	30°C	31°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	6s	SSE	10kt	SE	12kt	29°C	31°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.3ft	6s	SE	9kt	SE	14kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	14kt	27°C	31°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	6s	SSE	8kt	SE	15kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	5s	SSE	7kt	SSE	15kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SSE	15kt	26°C	31°C	0mm

Wednesday

Sep 30

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.5-2.1ft 💨 7-12kt 🌡️ 25-31°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SSE	14kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SSE	14kt	25°C	31°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	6s	SSE	7kt	SSE	15kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	6s	SSE	8kt	SSE	15kt	26°C	31°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	6s	SSE	8kt	S	16kt	27°C	30°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.4ft	5s	SSE	8kt	S	15kt	27°C	30°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	1.7ft	5s	SSE	8kt	S	15kt	26°C	30°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	2ft	5s	S	7kt	SSE	15kt	26°C	30°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	2.1ft	5s	S	9kt	S	15kt	27°C	30°C	0.2mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	2.1ft	5s	SSE	10kt	S	14kt	28°C	30°C	0.3mm
10:00 AM	POOR	2.1ft	5s	SSE	11kt	S	14kt	29°C	30°C	0.5mm
11:00 AM	POOR	1.6ft	5s	SSE	11kt	S	14kt	30°C	30°C	0.5mm
12:00 PM	POOR	1.1ft	5s	SSE	12kt	S	14kt	30°C	31°C	0.4mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SSE	12kt	S	14kt	31°C	31°C	0.4mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SSE	12kt	S	14kt	31°C	31°C	0.4mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	SSE	12kt	S	14kt	31°C	31°C	0.4mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SSE	11kt	SSE	13kt	30°C	31°C	0.3mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SSE	10kt	SSE	14kt	29°C	31°C	0.3mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SSE	9kt	SSE	15kt	28°C	31°C	0.3mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	SSE	8kt	SSE	15kt	27°C	31°C	0.2mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	5s	SSE	9kt	SSE	17kt	27°C	31°C	0.2mm
9:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	5s	SSE	11kt	SSE	18kt	27°C	31°C	0.1mm
10:00 PM	POOR	1.6ft	6s	SSE	12kt	SSE	20kt	27°C	30°C	0.1mm
11:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	6s	SSE	12kt	SSE	21kt	27°C	30°C	0.1mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:1.3ft @ 5s

Wind Conditions:2-12kt SE

Water Temperature:31°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Surfside in Texas is an exposed sandbar break that works best during the hurricane season. It performs optimally when a southeast swell combines with offshore winds from the northwest. The surf is mostly generated by local windswells rather than distant groundswells. When conditions are good, it can get crowded. Surfers should be cautious of rips and undertow. The best time for consistent, clean waves is during Winter, with January being the most reliable month.

Best Swell Direction: SE

Bottom Type: Sand

Ideal Conditions

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

Ideal Swell DirectionSE

Ideal Wind DirectionNW

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