Jacksonville Beach Pier surf spot

“You'll see kids on boogie boards, surfers riding the swells, and fishermen casting their lines into the waters off of the quarter-mile-long pier.”

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

How to get there

Access point: Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier, Jacksonville Beach, Duval County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (30.29357, -81.38771), looked up 2026-11-03.

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Parking, bathrooms and the essentials

Parking: PaidEight city lots and on-street spaces serve the beach corridor.Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Jacksonville Beach, for Surfing, Fishing and Fun", 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-roundJacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue Division protects more than 4.1 miles of coastline, year-round.Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Jacksonville Beach, for Surfing, Fishing and Fun", read 2026-11-03
Hours: pierThe Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier, at 503 N 1st Street, stretches a quarter mile into the Atlantic Ocean and is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Jacksonville Beach, for Surfing, Fishing and Fun", read 2026-11-03

Which way it faces

Worked out from which way the beach faces

80° east (E)

Swell that lines up: from 45° to 115° (NE to ESE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 0° and 160° (N and SSE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.

Offshore wind: from about 260° (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 41117, St. Augustine, FL (194), 44.2 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41117
Tides: NOAA station 8720291, Jacksonville Beach, 1.1 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page
Surf zone forecast: NWS Jacksonville (JAX), 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

RulesSwimming, bathing, wading, and surfing are prohibited within a 300-foot radius of the fishing pier.Source: City of Jacksonville Beach, "Common Beach Rules", read 2026-11-03

Sources

Beach Guide: Jacksonville Beach, for Surfing, Fishing and Fun, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.You'll see kids on boogie boards, surfers riding the swells, and fishermen casting their lines into the waters off of the quarter-mile-long pier.
Common Beach Rules, City of Jacksonville Beach, read 2026-11-03.Swimming, bathing, wading, and surfing are prohibited within a 300-foot radius of the fishing pier.
OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier", looked up through Nominatim.

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