Deerfield Beach

Deerfield Beach is an E-facing beach break in Miami–Delray, Florida, United States. It picks up swell from N to NE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 86% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Providence Channel lets in swell from 100.5° (E) and nothing either side. Hurricane Isabel, September 2003: swell ran through the Providence Channel onto a 10-mile stretch of coast and peaked at 14 ft at Delray Beach. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

E (90°)

Best swell

N to NNE (3°–34°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

N to NE (3.5° to 34.5°)

Rare slot

Providence Channel, 100.5° E

Offshore wind

W

Tide

NOAA station 8722670

Wave buoy

Hollywood Beach, FL (265) · 35 km away

Cams

4 (3 play here)