Playa Hermosa South Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Playa Hermosa South is most often good on a 6 ft+ short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the NE, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 6 ft+ |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | strong wind from the NE |
| Best tide | mid & 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 10:10 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.
| Wave height | — |
| Dominant period | — |
| Swell direction | — |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 42058 (1069 km away) |
| Wind | 12 kt from the E — NDBC 42057 (886 km away) |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8724580 (KEY WEST), the nearest tide station (1692 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:13 — High 1.071 ft
- 2026-06-06 07:40 — Low 0.666 ft
- 2026-06-06 14:19 — High 1.541 ft
- 2026-06-06 21:08 — Low 0.102 ft
- 2026-06-07 03:55 — High 1.163 ft
- 2026-06-07 08:58 — Low 0.631 ft
Frequently asked
Is Playa Hermosa South good for beginners?
Playa Hermosa South is best suited to experienced surfers — it's most often good on larger 6 ft+ surf that breaks with more power than beginners should take on. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.
What's the best tide for Playa Hermosa South?
Playa Hermosa South tends to be best on a mid 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 Playa Hermosa South?
The best swell direction for Playa Hermosa South 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 Playa Hermosa South?
Playa Hermosa South is most often good with strong wind from the northeast (NE) — 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 Playa Hermosa South 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 42058) and the nearest NOAA tide station (KEY WEST). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Playa Hermosa South 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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