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Atlantic coast · St. Augustine Beach
St. Johns County Ocean Pier surf spot
Also called: St. Augustine Beach Pier.
“The St. John's County Ocean & Fishing Pier is the most popular, and definitely the most crowded, spot for all kinds of surfers.”
From American Surf Magazine, read 2026-11-03. 2 more sources below.
How to get there
Access point: Saint Augustine Beach Pier, St. Augustine Beach, St. Johns County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (29.8572, -81.26545), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Free
The St. Johns County Ocean Pier and Park has free parking, a splash park, playground, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, volleyball courts and a visitor information center.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03 - Restrooms
- Yes
The St. Johns County Ocean Pier and Park has free parking, a splash park, playground, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, volleyball courts and a visitor information center.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03 - Showers
- Yes
The St. Johns County Ocean Pier and Park has free parking, a splash park, playground, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, volleyball courts and a visitor information center.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", read 2026-11-03 - Lifeguards
- seasonal
Lifeguards / Seasonal.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, "Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities", 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
87° east (E)
Swell that lines up: from 52° to 122° (NE to ESE), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 7° and 167° (N and SSE) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 267° (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), 23.9 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 41117 - Tides: NOAA station 8720587, St. Augustine Beach, 0.2 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
- Crowd
The St. John's County Ocean & Fishing Pier is the most popular, and definitely the most crowded, spot for all kinds of surfers.
Source: American Surf Magazine, "Surfing St. Augustine: The Ultimate Beach & Surf Guide", read 2026-11-03 - Hazard
Although most people prefer to surf on the sound side beach, the north side can get fun if you are careful with yourself and your board at high tide to avoid the rocky sea wall.
Source: American Surf Magazine, "Surfing St. Augustine: The Ultimate Beach & Surf Guide", read 2026-11-03 - Status
Surfers and swimmers should stay 500 feet away from the pier during construction.
Source: St. Johns County, "Beaches - St. Johns County", read 2026-11-03
Sources
- Surfing St. Augustine: The Ultimate Beach & Surf Guide, American Surf Magazine, read 2026-11-03.
The St. John's County Ocean & Fishing Pier is the most popular, and definitely the most crowded, spot for all kinds of surfers.
- Beach Guide: St. Augustine Beach Activities, Access, and Amenities, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Reconnecting with family, friends and nature while you kick back by the shore is an always-popular option, but the ways to play are legion: waves here attract skim boarders, boogie boarders, surfers, paddle boarders and kiteboarders.
- Beaches - St. Johns County, St. Johns County, read 2026-11-03.
Surfers and swimmers should stay 500 feet away from the pier during construction.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap man_made/pier "Saint Augustine Beach Pier", looked up through Nominatim.
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