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Reef Road surf spot
“Sited alongside stunning, high dollar real estate, Palm Beach 's Reef Road is one of the few places in the state where the surf can…”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03. 1 more source below.
How to get there
Access point: Reef Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (26.50609, -80.0531), 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
99° east (E)
Swell that lines up: from 64° to 134° (ENE to SE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 19° and 179° (NNE and S) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 279° (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), 56.3 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41122 - Tides: NOAA station 8722670, Lake Worth Pier (ocean), 12 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
- Access
However, there is basically no parking, so unless you're getting dropped off, taking a bike, or live in the neighborhood, then getting there can get tricky.
Source: Waterfront Properties blog, "Palm Beach Surfing: Best Breaks Near West Palm Beach", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Florida's Best Surf Spots, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Sited alongside stunning, high dollar real estate, Palm Beach 's Reef Road is one of the few places in the state where the surf can achieve true "big wave" status, maxing out at 15 feet.
- Palm Beach Surfing: Best Breaks Near West Palm Beach, Waterfront Properties blog, read 2026-11-03.
Of course, there is the elusive Reef Road, an east-west street that points at another good break on the island's northern end.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap highway/residential "Reef Road", looked up through Nominatim.
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