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Atlantic coast · St. Augustine
Anastasia State Park (the Blowhole and the Middles) surf spot
Also called: Blowhole, The Middles.
“The "Blowhole" usually generates bigger waves.”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 2 more sources below.
How to get there
Access point: Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine, St. Johns County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (29.88394, -81.2765), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Paid
The park is open 8 a.m. to sundown, 365 days a year, and charges a per-vehicle entrance fee.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03 - Restrooms
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Showers
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Lifeguards
- none
Anastasia State Park does not have lifeguards; swim at your own risk.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03 - Hours
- 8 a.m. to sundown
The park is open 8 a.m. to sundown, 365 days a year, and charges a per-vehicle entrance fee.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03
Which way it faces
Worked out from which way the beach faces
75° east-northeast (ENE)
Swell that lines up: from 40° to 110° (NE to ESE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 355° and 155° (N and SSE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 255° (west-southwest), the orange dashes. Wind from SSW through WNW blows off the land.
This is geometry, not local knowledge: the seaward direction of the OpenStreetMap coastline next to the spot (this way), checked 2026-11-03. It ignores sandbars, jetties, shoals, islands. The sources below beat it where they disagree.
Check it before you call in
- Buoy: NDBC 41117, St. Augustine, FL (194), 22.9 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41117 - Tides: NOAA station 8720587, St. Augustine Beach, 3.3 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page - Surf zone forecast: NWS Jacksonville (JAX), the office that covers this beach. Rip current risk, surf height and the forecast discussion.
Surf zone forecast · Rip current safety
Links chosen by distance from NOAA's own station lists; checked 2026-11-03.
What the sources say
- Crowd
Another spot, "The Middles" tends to attract crowds, and for a reason.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Florida's Best Surf Spots", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Florida's Best Surf Spots, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
The "Blowhole" usually generates bigger waves.
- Anastasia State Park - Wikipedia, Wikipedia, read 2026-11-03.
Activities include bird watching, camping, fishing, sun bathing, beachcombing, running, surfing, sail boarding, swimming, kayaking, hiking, and picnicking.
- Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Anastasia State Park does not have lifeguards; swim at your own risk.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap leisure/park "Anastasia State Park", looked up through Nominatim.
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