Cocoa Beach Pier surf spot

Also called: Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier.

“The waves tend to be small and consistent, so it's an ideal place to learn to surf.”

From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 1 more source below.

How to get there

Access point: Cocoa Beach Pier, Cocoa Beach, Brevard County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (28.36775, -80.6018), looked up 2026-11-03.

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Parking, bathrooms and the essentials

Parking: PaidIt is privately operated rather than city-run, and it charges its own parking rate separate from the city's, so budget for that if you drive straight to it.Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Cocoa Beach, for Surfing, Sun, and Fun at The Pier", read 2026-11-03
Restrooms: Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Showers: YesIt offers beach rentals of all sorts, fresh water showers, and regulation beach volleyball courts.Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Cocoa Beach, for Surfing, Sun, and Fun at The Pier", read 2026-11-03
Lifeguards: year-roundLifeguards / Yes, year-roundSource: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Cocoa Beach, for Surfing, Sun, and Fun at The Pier", read 2026-11-03
Hours: Not stated in the sources read for this page.

Which way it faces

Worked out from which way the beach faces

100° east (E)

Swell that lines up: from 65° to 135° (ENE to SE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 20° and 180° (NNE and S) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.

Offshore wind: from about 280° (west), the orange dashes. Wind from SW through NW 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 41113, Cape Canaveral Nearshore, FL (143), 7.6 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41113
Tides: NOAA station 8721649, Cocoa Beach, 0.2 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.

What the sources say

SwellSurfing here is like catching a wave back through surfing history.Breaks on almost every type of swell.Source: Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), "Top Ten Surfing Spots on Florida's Space Coast - Visit Space Coast", read 2026-11-03

Sources

Beach Guide: Cocoa Beach, for Surfing, Sun, and Fun at The Pier, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.The waves tend to be small and consistent, so it's an ideal place to learn to surf.
Top Ten Surfing Spots on Florida's Space Coast - Visit Space Coast, Visit Space Coast (Brevard County tourism office), read 2026-11-03.The Pier is a legendary landmark for surfing competitions of world-wide significance.
OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Cocoa Beach Pier", looked up through Nominatim.

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