North Padre Seawall Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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North Padre Seawall is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SE, with strong wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | SE |
| Best wind | strong wind from the E |
| Best tide | mid & outgoing |
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 2026-06-26 11:30 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 | 4.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 6s |
| Swell direction | SE (142°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 42092 (20 km away) |
| Wind | 11 kt from the SSE — NDBC PACT2 (4 km away) |
North Padre Seawall 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for North Padre Seawall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 4 ft | 5s SE | 17 kt SSE |
| Sat Jun 27 | 4–5 ft | 6s SE | 18 kt SSE |
| Sun Jun 28 | 5 ft | 6s SE | 18 kt SSE |
| Mon Jun 29 | 4–5 ft | 6s SE | 17 kt SSE |
| Tue Jun 30 | 3–4 ft | 6s SE | 12 kt SE |
| Wed Jul 1 | 3 ft | 5s SE | 13 kt SE |
| Thu Jul 2 | 2–3 ft | 5s SE | 12 kt SE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8775870 (Corpus Christi, Bob Hall Pier), the nearest tide station (3 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 01:04 — Low 0.014 ft
- 2026-06-06 10:11 — High 1.558 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:45 — Low 0.196 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:16 — High 1.434 ft
Frequently asked
Is North Padre Seawall good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:30 UTC), North Padre Seawall is fair: the live 4–6 ft short-period swell from the SE matches its ideal SE direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is strong from the S.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for North Padre Seawall 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 42092) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Corpus Christi, Bob Hall Pier). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for North Padre Seawall?
North Padre Seawall is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SE, with strong wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether North Padre Seawall 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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