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Fifth Street (Miami) in South Florida is a sheltered beach and reef break that does not work very often with no particular seasonal pattern. The best wind direction is from the west. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the north northeast. The beach breaks consists of lefts as well as reef breaks offering better lefts than rights.. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. It's often crowded here. Beware of rips, obstacles, locals, pollution and sharks.

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Overall Fifth Street (Miami) Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Fifth Street (Miami):   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	South Beach (Miami)	1 mi
Second closest break	21st Street (Miami)	1 mi
Third closest break	Dunes Hotel (Miami)	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Harbor House	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Haulover	9 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Fifth Street (Miami):
Closest wave buoy	Canaveral Buoy	189 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Canaveral East Buoy	239 mi
Third closest wave buoy	St Augustine Buoy	295 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Tampa Buoy	329 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	341 mi
Tide stations nearest to Fifth Street (Miami):
Closest tide station	Miami Beach (city pier), Florida	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Miami Beach (city pier), Florida (sub)	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Miami Harbor Entrance, Florida	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Miami, Causeway (east end), Florida	1 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Government Cut, Miami Harbor Entrance, Florida	1 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Fifth Street (Miami):
Closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	666 mi
Second closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	667 mi
Third closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	700 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Wolf Laurel (United States)	707 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	714 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Fifth Street (Miami):
Closest city location	Miami Beach (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	North Bay Village (United States)	5 mi
Third closest city location	El Portal (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Key Biscayne (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Miami Shores (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Fifth Street (Miami) is Miami International Airport (MIA) in USA, 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Fifth Street (Miami) is Opa Locka (Miami) Airport (OPF), also in USA, 20 km (12 miles) away.
• Third is North Perry (Hollywood) Airport (HWO) in USA, 27 km (17 miles) away.
• Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in USA is 33 km (20 miles) away.
• Kendall Tamiami Executive (Kendall-tamiami) Airport (TMB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Fifth Street (Miami) and is 34 km (21 miles) away.