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Surfer Girls, Ponce Inlet

2:10 pm 5 Sep 2010

Cocoa Beach Pier

10:59 pm 11 Jul 2008


Hess ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 5.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 5.0

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Hess Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Florida – North)

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Name: Hess
Type: reef
Reliability: very consistent
Best Swell: E Offshore Wind: WSW

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Overall Hess Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Hess:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Peg Leg's 1 mi
Second closest break Buccaneer 1 mi
Third closest break RC's 1 mi
Fourth closest break Satellite Beach/RCs 1 mi
Fifth closest break Perkins 3 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Hess:

Closest wave buoy Canaveral Buoy 35 mi
Second closest wave buoy St Augustine Buoy 130 mi
Third closest wave buoy Canaveral East Buoy 139 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy Grays Reef Buoy 224 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy West Tampa Buoy 241 mi

Tide stations nearest to Hess:

Closest tide station Canova Beach, Florida 1 mi
Second closest tide station Patrick Air Force Base, Florida 6 mi
Third closest tide station Cocoa Beach, Florida 14 mi
Fourth closest tide station Canaveral Harbor Entrance, Florida 17 mi
Fifth closest tide station Canaveral Harbor Entrance, Florida (2) 17 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Hess:

Closest ski area Mount Pleasant (United States) 352 mi
Second closest ski area Cloudmont (United States) 495 mi
Third closest ski area Sapphire Valley (United States) 501 mi
Fourth closest ski area Sky Valley (United States) 501 mi
Fifth closest ski area Scaly Mountain (United States) 502 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Hess:

Closest city location Indian Harbour Beach (United States) 1 mi
Second closest city location Satellite Beach (United States) 1 mi
Third closest city location South Patrick Shores (United States) 3 mi
Fourth closest city location Indialantic (United States) 5 mi
Fifth closest city location Melbourne (United States) 6 mi
Hess break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Hess, United-States - Florida - North. Use the tab navigation above to view Hess sea temperature, Hess photographs, Hess detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Hess webcams, current wind from United-States - Florida - North live weather stations and Hess tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Hess.