Parking Lots Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Parking Lots is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the N, with light wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | N |
| Best wind | light wind from the E |
| Best tide | mid & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-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 2026-07-15 10:26 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 6s |
| Swell direction | N (360°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41115 (3 km away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the ESE — NDBC MGZP4 (20 km away) |
Parking Lots 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Parking Lots from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jul 15 | 1–2 ft | 5s ESE | 4 kt NE |
| Thu Jul 16 | 1–2 ft | 7s NNE | 5 kt E |
| Fri Jul 17 | 1–2 ft | 6s NE | 6 kt E |
| Sat Jul 18 | 1–2 ft | 7s E | 6 kt E |
| Sun Jul 19 | 2–3 ft | 7s ESE | 6 kt ESE |
| Mon Jul 20 | 1–2 ft | 6s E | 7 kt ESE |
| Tue Jul 21 | 1–2 ft | 5s ENE | 6 kt E |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9759394 (Mayaguez), the nearest tide station (20 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:35 — High 1.258 ft
- 2026-06-06 07:32 — Low 0.231 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:41 — High 0.765 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:31 — Low 0.222 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:12 — High 1.24 ft
- 2026-06-07 08:07 — Low 0.208 ft
Frequently asked
Is Parking Lots good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 10:26 UTC), Parking Lots is fair: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the N matches its ideal N direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the E.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Parking Lots 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 41115) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Mayaguez). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Parking Lots?
Parking Lots is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the N, with light wind from the E, on a mid outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Parking Lots 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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