Reef Road

Reef Road is an E-facing reef break in Palm Beach & Jupiter, Florida, United States. It picks up swell from N to NE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 76% 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 109.8° (ESE) 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

Reef

Faces

E (90°)

Best swell

N to ENE (0°–70°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

N to NE (352.5° to 48°)

Rare slot

Providence Channel, 109.8° ESE

Offshore wind

W

Tide

NOAA station 8722670

Wave buoy

Hollywood Beach, FL (265) · 85 km away

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