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Main Street Pier, Daytona Beach surf spot
“The area's best break, the Main Street Pier, is a good winter destination, but check with the local surf report before heading over.”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 1 more source below.
How to get there
Access point: Daytona Beach Pier, Daytona Beach, Volusia County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (29.22747, -81.00565), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Restrooms
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Showers
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- 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
67° east-northeast (ENE)
Swell that lines up: from 32° to 102° (NNE to ESE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 347° and 147° (NNW and SSE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 247° (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 41070, Ponce de Leon Inlet Waves (PNCWAVE), 20.8 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41070 - Tides: NOAA station 8721120, Daytona Beach Shores, Sunglow Pier, 9.9 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
- Rules
There are designated surfing areas in effect between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. from the Saturday before Memorial Day (late May) through Labor Day.
Source: City of Daytona Beach, "Beach Information", read 2026-11-03 - Rules
All other times of the year surfing is allowed in all areas of the beach, except within 300 feet of the Daytona Beach Pier.
Source: City of Daytona Beach, "Beach Information", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Florida's Best Surf Spots, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
The area's best break, the Main Street Pier, is a good winter destination, but check with the local surf report before heading over.
- Beach Information, City of Daytona Beach, read 2026-11-03.
All other times of the year surfing is allowed in all areas of the beach, except within 300 feet of the Daytona Beach Pier.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Daytona Beach Pier", looked up through Nominatim.
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