Bonsteel Park surf spot

“Activities: Fishing (surf), surfing, swimming (unguarded) Watchable Wildlife: Dolphin, sea turtle, shorebirds ADA Access: Parking, Dune Crossover”

From Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), read 2026-11-03.

How to get there

Access point: Bonsteel Park, Melbourne Beach, Brevard County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (27.90258, -80.4714), looked up 2026-11-03.

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Parking, bathrooms and the essentials

Parking: Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Restrooms: YesThis public facility is a peaceful 2.34-acre community beach park that includes a stabilized parking area, restrooms, and dune crossover.Source: Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), "Bonsteel Park - Visit Space Coast", read 2026-11-03
Showers: Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Lifeguards: noneActivities: Fishing (surf), surfing, swimming (unguarded) Watchable Wildlife: Dolphin, sea turtle, shorebirds ADA Access: Parking, Dune CrossoverSource: Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), "Bonsteel Park - Visit Space Coast", read 2026-11-03
Hours: closes at duskPark closes at dusk.Source: Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), "Bonsteel Park - Visit Space Coast", read 2026-11-03

Which way it faces

Worked out from which way the beach faces

64° east-northeast (ENE)

Swell that lines up: from 29° to 99° (NNE to E), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 344° and 144° (NNW and SE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.

Offshore wind: from about 244° (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 41114, Fort Pierce, FL (134), 45.3 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41114
Tides: NOAA station 8722004, Sebastian Inlet bridge, 5.3 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page
Surf zone forecast: NWS Melbourne (MLB), 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.

Sources

Bonsteel Park - Visit Space Coast, Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), read 2026-11-03.Activities: Fishing (surf), surfing, swimming (unguarded) Watchable Wildlife: Dolphin, sea turtle, shorebirds ADA Access: Parking, Dune Crossover
OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap leisure/park "Bonsteel Park", looked up through Nominatim.

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