Spring Ave Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-26
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 09:56 UTC), Spring Ave is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the NW is off its ideal W direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the S. Spring Ave is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with strong wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region. It's a break best left to experienced surfers.

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Best conditions for Spring Ave

Spring Ave is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with strong wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.

Ideal wave height4–6 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionW
Best windstrong wind from the NW
Best tidehigh & 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 2026-08-26 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 height1.0 ft
Dominant period5s
Swell directionWNW (299°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 42099 (95 mi away)
Wind5 kt from the S — NDBC MTBF1 (13 mi away)

Spring Ave 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Spring Ave 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 260 ft2s W9 kt SSW
Thu Aug 270–1 ft3s SSW12 kt SSW
Fri Aug 280–1 ft3s SSW13 kt SSE
Sat Aug 291 ft3s S11 kt E
Sun Aug 301 ft3s SSE10 kt ENE
Mon Aug 311 ft3s S14 kt ENE
Tue Sep 11 ft3s SE11 kt ENE

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8726384 (Port Manatee), the nearest tide station (13 mi away). Times local.

Spring Ave tide chart for 2026-08-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 0.0ft12:29a1.5ft7:46a1.3ft10:57a2.1ft5:11p0.2ft1:14a1.6ft8:19a1.3ft12:57p1.8ft6:30pNow0.02.1

Frequently asked

Is Spring Ave working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 09:56 UTC), Spring Ave is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the NW is off its ideal W direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the S.

Is Spring Ave good for beginners?

Spring Ave is best suited to experienced surfers — it's most often good on larger 4–6 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 Spring Ave?

Spring Ave tends to be best on a high outgoing 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 Spring Ave?

The best swell direction for Spring Ave is from the west (W). Swell arriving from the west lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Spring Ave?

Spring Ave is most often good with strong wind from the northwest (NW) — 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 Spring Ave 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 42099) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Port Manatee). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Spring Ave 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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