Cocoa Beach Pier Southside Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Cocoa Beach Pier Southside is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the NE, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | moderate wind from the NE |
| Best tide | high & outgoing |
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 (5 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the WSW — NDBC TRDF1 (3 mi away) |
Cocoa Beach Pier Southside 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Cocoa Beach Pier Southside 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 (3 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 Cocoa Beach Pier Southside good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-01 10:26 UTC), Cocoa Beach Pier Southside is fair: the live 0–2 ft medium-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Cocoa Beach Pier Southside 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 Cocoa Beach Pier Southside?
Cocoa Beach Pier Southside is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the NE, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Cocoa Beach Pier Southside 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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