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South Pointe, Miami Beach surf spot
“Increasing coastal development has the potential to restrict surfing access at South Pointe, Miami's premier break.”
From Beachapedia (Surfrider Foundation), read 2026-11-03.
How to get there
Access point: South Pointe Park, Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (25.76592, -80.13345), 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
75° east-northeast (ENE)
Swell that lines up: from 40° to 110° (NE to ESE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 355° and 155° (N and SSE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 255° (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 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), 26.4 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41122 - Tides: NOAA station 8723178, GOVERNMENT CUT, MIAMI HARBOR ENTRANCE, 0.5 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.
What the sources say
- Access
Increasing coastal development has the potential to restrict surfing access at South Pointe, Miami's premier break.
Source: Beachapedia (Surfrider Foundation), "State of the Beach/State Reports/FL/Surfing Areas - Beachapedia", read 2026-11-03 - The break
The South Florida Chapter reports that recent fill projects have severely altered the nature of the surf breaks at South Beach, Miami.
Source: Beachapedia (Surfrider Foundation), "State of the Beach/State Reports/FL/Surfing Areas - Beachapedia", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- State of the Beach/State Reports/FL/Surfing Areas - Beachapedia, Beachapedia (Surfrider Foundation), read 2026-11-03.
Increasing coastal development has the potential to restrict surfing access at South Pointe, Miami's premier break.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap leisure/park "South Pointe Park", looked up through Nominatim.
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