Lake Worth Pier Southside Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-10-18
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-10-18 13:00 UTC), Lake Worth Pier Southside is looking good: the live 4–6 ft medium-period swell from the NE matches its ideal NE direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is strong from the NE. Lake Worth Pier Southside is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the NE, with strong wind from the NE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here. It's one of the more beginner-friendly breaks when it's small.

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Best conditions for Lake Worth Pier Southside

Lake Worth Pier Southside is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the NE, with strong wind from the NE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height0–2 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionNE
Best windstrong wind from the NE
Best tidehigh & incoming

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-10-18 13:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height5.6 ft
Dominant period9s
Swell directionNE (47°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 41122 (42 mi away)
Wind24 kt from the NNE — NDBC LKWF1 (0 mi away)

Lake Worth Pier Southside 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Lake Worth Pier Southside from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Sun Oct 189–11 ft9s NNE22 kt NE
Mon Oct 1910–11 ft12s NE18 kt NE
Tue Oct 208–10 ft12s NE16 kt NE
Wed Oct 216–8 ft11s NE14 kt NE
Thu Oct 226–7 ft12s NNE16 kt NE
Fri Oct 236–7 ft12s NNE16 kt NE
Sat Oct 246–10 ft9s NNE22 kt NE

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8722670 (Lake Worth Pier (ocean)), the nearest tide station (0 mi away). Times local.

Lake Worth Pier Southside tide chart for 2026-10-18 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 2.7ft12:36a0.4ft6:56a2.2ft12:53p0.4ft6:58p2.6ft1:19a0.3ft7:41a2.3ft1:45p0.4ft7:53pNow0.32.6

Frequently asked

Is Lake Worth Pier Southside working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-10-18 13:00 UTC), Lake Worth Pier Southside is looking good: the live 4–6 ft medium-period swell from the NE matches its ideal NE direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is strong from the NE.

Is Lake Worth Pier Southside good for beginners?

Lake Worth Pier Southside tends to suit beginners at its best — the sweet spot here is small 0–2 ft surf, the most forgiving size to learn on. It also tends to be best when the wind is up, which adds chop, so pick a calmer day while you're still learning. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Lake Worth Pier Southside?

Lake Worth Pier Southside tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Lake Worth Pier Southside?

The best swell direction for Lake Worth Pier Southside is from the northeast (NE). Swell arriving from the northeast lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Lake Worth Pier Southside?

Lake Worth Pier Southside is most often good with strong wind from the northeast (NE) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Lake Worth Pier Southside come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41122) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Lake Worth Pier (ocean)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Lake Worth Pier Southside is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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