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Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier surf spot
“Sunbath, people-watch or swim, or up the adventure with surfing - on the north side of the pier if you're a hot shot, and south…”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 2 more sources below.
How to get there
Access point: Deerfield Beach Pier, Deerfield Beach, Broward County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (26.31646, -80.07403), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Metered
In city lots and metered street spaces along the beachfront.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Discover Deerfield Beach -- Pristine Sands and Pier Paradise", 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
- year-round
Lifeguards protect a one-mile stretch of Deerfield Beach with nine lifeguard towers year-round.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Discover Deerfield Beach -- Pristine Sands and Pier Paradise", 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
96° east (E)
Swell that lines up: from 61° to 131° (ENE to SE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 16° and 176° (NNE and S) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 276° (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), 35.1 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41122 - Tides: NOAA station 8722862, Hillsboro Inlet (ocean), 6.7 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
- Rules
Surfing is allowed in designated zones rather than anywhere you like, and boards need leashes.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Discover Deerfield Beach -- Pristine Sands and Pier Paradise", read 2026-11-03 - Crowd
The area of the beach north of the pier is more popular with more skilled and competitive surfers.
Source: Wikipedia, "Deerfield Beach, Florida - Wikipedia", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Discover Deerfield Beach -- Pristine Sands and Pier Paradise, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Sunbath, people-watch or swim, or up the adventure with surfing - on the north side of the pier if you're a hot shot, and south of Tower #7 if you're not as experienced.
- Deerfield Beach, Florida - Wikipedia, Wikipedia, read 2026-11-03.
Deerfield Beach is a popular spot for surfing.
- Where to Surf in Deerfield Beach (Guide), American Surf Magazine, read 2026-11-03.
Once you're parked, the ideal places to paddle out are north of the pier (for a more advanced group of surfers) or at the "cool zone," south of lifeguard tower #7 where the atmosphere and waves are more relaxed.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Deerfield Beach Pier", looked up through Nominatim.
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