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Pompano Beach Pier (Fisher Family Pier) surf spot
“Closer in, there's wade-in snorkeling over nearshore rock, kiteboarding around 16th Street, paddling, surfing when there's swell, and boat charters running out of the Fishing…”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 1 more source below.
How to get there
Access point: Pompano Beach Pier, Pompano Beach, Broward County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (26.23518, -80.08726), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Restrooms
- Yes
At Pompano Beach, you'll find restroom facilities; an outdoor, shaded gym; showers; picnic shelters and tables; barbecue grills; a children's playground on the beach; and sand volleyball and soccer courts.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Pompano Beach Highlights", read 2026-11-03 - Showers
- Yes
At Pompano Beach, you'll find restroom facilities; an outdoor, shaded gym; showers; picnic shelters and tables; barbecue grills; a children's playground on the beach; and sand volleyball and soccer courts.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: Pompano Beach Highlights", read 2026-11-03 - Lifeguards
- 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Swimming areas are guarded seven days a week, 9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Restroom facilities, showers, picnic shelter and tables, barbecue grills, and children's playground are located on the beach.
Source: City of Pompano Beach Parks, "Beach", 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
97° east (E)
Swell that lines up: from 62° to 132° (ENE to SE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 17° and 177° (NNE and S) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 277° (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), 26.1 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41122 - Tides: NOAA station 8722862, Hillsboro Inlet (ocean), 2.5 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.
Sources
- Beach Guide: Pompano Beach Highlights, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Closer in, there's wade-in snorkeling over nearshore rock, kiteboarding around 16th Street, paddling, surfing when there's swell, and boat charters running out of the Fishing Village.
- Beach, City of Pompano Beach Parks, read 2026-11-03.
The public beach is open 365 days a year.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Pompano Beach Pier", looked up through Nominatim.
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