40th St Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Best conditions for 40th St

40th St is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the NE, with glassy / no wind from the SE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-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 2026-08-26 10:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8723214 (Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay), the nearest tide station (6 mi away). Times local.

• 2026-06-06 01:43 — High 1.881 ft
• 2026-06-06 07:49 — Low 0.259 ft
• 2026-06-06 13:56 — High 1.724 ft
• 2026-06-06 20:04 — Low 0.159 ft
• 2026-06-07 02:25 — High 1.862 ft
• 2026-06-07 08:36 — Low 0.19 ft

Frequently asked

Is 40th St working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), 40th St is fair: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the NE matches its ideal NE direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is strong from the E.

Is 40th St good for beginners?

40th St tends to suit beginners at its best — the sweet spot here is small 0–2 ft surf, the most forgiving size to learn on. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for 40th St?

40th St tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for 40th St?

The best swell direction for 40th St is from the northeast (NE). Swell arriving from the northeast lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for 40th St?

40th St is most often good when it's glassy, with little to no wind — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Light or offshore wind keeps the wave face clean; check the live report on this page for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 40th St 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 41122) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether 40th St 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.

Nearby spots

• South Beach — 3 mi
• Ne 14th Ct — 23 mi
• Pompano Pier Southside — 29 mi
• Pompano Pier Northside — 29 mi
• Deerfield Beach Pier — 35 mi

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