16th St South Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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16th St South is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the E, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | moderate wind from the E |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-01 10:26 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 9s |
| Swell direction | ESE (104°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41113 (9 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the WSW — NDBC TRDF1 (9 mi away) |
16th St South 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for 16th St South from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Aug 1 | 1–2 ft | 8s ESE | 14 kt SSW |
| Sun Aug 2 | 2 ft | 8s E | 18 kt SW |
| Mon Aug 3 | 2 ft | 8s E | 11 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 2 ft | 7s E | 8 kt SSE |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2–3 ft | 6s ESE | 12 kt SE |
| Thu Aug 6 | 2–3 ft | 6s ESE | 13 kt E |
| Fri Aug 7 | 2 ft | 7s E | 11 kt ENE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8721604 (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)), the nearest tide station (9 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:17 — High 3.355 ft
- 2026-06-06 06:46 — Low 0.313 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:43 — High 2.555 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:39 — Low 0.396 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:01 — High 3.239 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:26 — Low 0.199 ft
Frequently asked
Is 16th St South good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-01 10:26 UTC), 16th St South is fair: the live 0–2 ft medium-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 16th St South come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41113) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for 16th St South?
16th St South is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the E, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether 16th St South is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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