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Dania Beach Pier surf spot
“At Dania Beach you can relax under the shade of a tiki hut, play in the waves, hunt for seashells, or surf.”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 1 more source below.
How to get there
Access point: Dania Beach Fishing Pier, Dania Beach, Broward County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (26.0582, -80.11019), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Paid
There's a public lot at Ocean Park, and parking is paid.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Dania Beach, Oceanfront Gem and Blue Wave Haven", read 2026-11-03 - Restrooms
- Yes
The Fishing Pier, open from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week, offers snacks, drinks, tackle and bait, as well as showers and restrooms.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Dania Beach, Oceanfront Gem and Blue Wave Haven", read 2026-11-03 - Showers
- Yes
The Fishing Pier, open from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week, offers snacks, drinks, tackle and bait, as well as showers and restrooms.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Dania Beach, Oceanfront Gem and Blue Wave Haven", read 2026-11-03 - Lifeguards
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Hours
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Which way it faces
Worked out from which way the beach faces
92° east (E)
Swell that lines up: from 57° to 127° (ENE to SE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 12° and 172° (NNE and S) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 272° (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 and the Bahamas, which block much of the east swell this far south. The sources below beat it where they disagree.
Check it before you call in
- Buoy: NDBC 41122, Hollywood Beach, FL (265), 6.5 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41122 - Tides: NOAA station 8722979, Hollywood Beach, 2.1 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page - Surf zone forecast: NWS Miami (MFL), 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
Beyond that there's swimming, shell hunting along the tide line, and surfing when a swell is running, though this isn't a consistent surf break.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Dania Beach, Oceanfront Gem and Blue Wave Haven", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Dania Beach, Oceanfront Gem and Blue Wave Haven, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
At Dania Beach you can relax under the shade of a tiki hut, play in the waves, hunt for seashells, or surf.
- State of the Beach/State Reports/FL/Surfing Areas - Beachapedia, Beachapedia (Surfrider Foundation), read 2026-11-03.
Access to the surf at Dania Pier is also threatened.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap leisure/fishing "Dania Beach Fishing Pier", looked up through Nominatim.
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