Frisco Pier Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Frisco Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | light wind from the N |
| Best tide | low & incoming |
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 2026-07-16 10:56 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 | 2.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | ESE (117°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41120 (20 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the WSW — NDBC HCGN7 (4 mi away) |
Frisco Pier 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Frisco Pier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 16 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 14 kt SW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 1–2 ft | 5s S | 13 kt SSW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 2–4 ft | 6s SSE | 25 kt SSW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 5–7 ft | 7s S | 25 kt SW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 3–4 ft | 8s S | 11 kt WSW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 4–6 ft | 7s S | 29 kt SW |
| Wed Jul 22 | 4–6 ft | 7s S | 22 kt NNE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8654467 (Hatteras (ocean)), the nearest tide station (4 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 02:02 — High 0.286 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:32 — Low 0.013 ft
- 2026-06-06 14:09 — High 0.144 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:08 — Low -0.045 ft
- 2026-06-07 02:40 — High 0.272 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:13 — Low 0.002 ft
Frequently asked
Is Frisco Pier good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-16 10:56 UTC), Frisco Pier is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE is off its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Frisco Pier 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 41120) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Hatteras (ocean)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Frisco Pier?
Frisco Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Frisco Pier 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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