Pelican Beach Park Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-26
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 09:56 UTC), Pelican Beach Park is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE is off its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the SE. Pelican Beach Park is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here. It's one of the more beginner-friendly breaks when it's small.

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Best conditions for Pelican Beach Park

Pelican Beach Park is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height0–2 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionE
Best windlight wind from the N
Best tidehigh & incoming

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 09:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height1.3 ft
Dominant period4s
Swell directionSSE (149°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 41113 (16 mi away)
Wind4 kt from the SE — NDBC TRDF1 (17 mi away)

Pelican Beach Park 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Pelican Beach Park from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Wed Aug 261–2 ft7s ESE20 kt SSE
Thu Aug 271–2 ft15s ENE15 kt S
Fri Aug 282 ft10s E12 kt SE
Sat Aug 292 ft8s E11 kt E
Sun Aug 302 ft8s E8 kt E
Mon Aug 312 ft8s E10 kt E
Tue Sep 12 ft8s E9 kt ENE

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8721604 (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)), the nearest tide station (17 mi away). Times local.

Pelican Beach Park tide chart for 2026-08-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 3.4ft12:17a0.3ft6:46a2.6ft12:43p0.4ft6:39p3.2ft1:01a0.2ft7:26a2.7ft1:33p0.4ft7:33pNow0.23.3

Frequently asked

Is Pelican Beach Park working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 09:56 UTC), Pelican Beach Park is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE is off its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the SE.

Is Pelican Beach Park good for beginners?

Pelican Beach Park 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 Pelican Beach Park?

Pelican Beach Park 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 Pelican Beach Park?

The best swell direction for Pelican Beach Park is from the east (E). Swell arriving from the east lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Pelican Beach Park?

Pelican Beach Park is most often good with light wind from the north (N) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Pelican Beach Park 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 41113) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Pelican Beach Park 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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