Deerfield Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s shaping up for us at Deerfield Beach Pier over the next couple of weeks. Let me tell you straight up – it’s a pretty flat stretch ahead, and I gotta be honest with you.

We’ve got a long, quiet gap staring us down right from the start. There’s really nothing worth paddling out for until we get into the first week of August. The wave energy is just too weak – we’re looking at combined swell energy readings bumping along in the teens and twenties (18, 20, 12 – you get the picture), with tiny little 0.7ft to 1ft windswell rolling in on a short, choppy 8-second period. That’s not surf, that’s bathwater with a ripple. A few mornings do get a clean look with a light offshore or cross-off breeze, but there’s simply no push behind it. Saturday the 25th starts off with clear skies and a light cross-on, but that 1ft from the east with 8 seconds of period? Forget it.

This dry spell rolls right through the end of July. Sunday the 26th, Monday the 27th, Tuesday the 28th – all the same story. We get a bit of a glassy moment on Tuesday afternoon with a 0.7ft swell and no wind, but honestly, you’d be better off on a paddleboard. Wednesday the 29th through Friday the 31st stays clean with offshore flows, but the swell never climbs above 0.7ft. Even the long-period 10-second pulse on Friday the 31st afternoon only gives us 0.3ft of height – not enough to stand up on.

Finally, into August, we start to see a little bump in energy. Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd keep the swell tiny, but by Monday the 3rd afternoon, the combined energy ticks up to 27, still with a weak 1ft from the ESE. Not there yet. Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th are still flat.

Then, around Thursday the 6th of August, things finally start to change. We get a jump in combined swell energy to 39, with the swell height climbing to 3ft. The period is still short though, at just 4 to 5 seconds, and the wind is straight onshore. It’s a step in the right direction, but the quality is poor.

Now, here’s the one real standout in the whole 16-day window: Friday the 7th of August. The combined swell energy jumps to a moderate 119, with the swell hitting 5ft from the ESE on a 6-second period. Now, that period is short and the wind is cross-onshore at 9 to 12 mph, so it’s gonna be a bit lumpy and choppy – definitely not a clean, groomed wave. This is beginner-to-intermediate sized swell, but the onshore breeze will chop it up, so it’s more of a fun, pushy session than a pristine one. Saturday the 8th keeps the energy up around 62 to 65, with 3ft swell, still on the onshore side.

For the whole run, water temperature sits at about 86°F, which is just a touch warmer than average for the time of year – it’s a nice, warm bath out there.

So here’s the bottom line: if you’re hanging onto hope, the best bet in this entire forecast is Friday the 7th of August. That 5ft of ESE swell with moderate energy (119) will give you something to ride, even if the wind keeps it from being glassy. Everything before that is a waiting game. Deerfield Beach Pier is a sheltered, beginner-friendly sandbar, and it can fire when conditions line up, but for this outlook, it just doesn’t come together until that Friday. Crowds are possible here often, so even when it’s mediocre, expect company.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the sky, and I’ll catch you on the next one.

Rusty.

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