Smathers Beach
Key West, Florida, United States24.552, -81.765Beach break · faces S (180°)
Spot guide
Smathers Beach is an S-facing beach break in Key West, Florida, United States. It picks up swell from SW to W and WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 77% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- S (180°)
- Best swell
- SW to W (230°–274°) or WNW (285°–295°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SW to W (230.5° to 274°); WNW (285.5° to 295.5°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- NOAA station 8724542
- Wave buoy
- Hollywood Beach, FL (265) · 233 km away
- Cams
- None yet