South Florida Atlantic · Wednesday, Sep 23

Deerfield Beach

NWS MFL · FLZ172; official reef-face range: 0–1 ft

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 8:20 PM EDT

When to go

1:00 PM–2:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

1.4–1.4 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 6.0 kt · cross-shore

Forecast details

Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

12:00 PM–2:00 PM · America/New_York
Light wind · up to 6.0 kt · reported gusts up to 9.1 kt
Offshore waves: 1.4–1.4 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data available; check the local tide response.
Wind source time: Sep 22, 7:45 PM EDT. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 19.7 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 12 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind SSE 4.3 kt

Tide 2.5 ft falling

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 5sValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/New_YorkMarine grid 26.2917, -79.8750 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea1.6 ft @ 5.3sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/New_York

Model windSSE 4.3 ktonshoreValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/New_York3.3 kt onshore component

Tide2.5 ftfallingNOAA HILLSBORO INLET OCEAN 8722862 · 7.1 km from Deerfield Beach · predicted height relative to MLLWRetrieved Sep 22, 8:29 PM EDT · provider issue time unavailable74% of adjacent local low–high range · descriptive, not a safety rating

NWS MFL · FLZ172

Rip Current Risk*...........Low. Surf Height.................1 foot or less. Thunderstorm Potential**....High. Waterspout Risk**...........None. Weather.....................Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. High Temperature............In the mid 80s. Winds.......................South winds around 5 mph. Tides... Miami Harbor Entrance....High at 06:44 AM EDT. Low at 12:41 PM EDT. Sunrise.....................7:09 AM. Sunset......................7:17 PM.

WEDNESDAYOfficial breaking-surf height for Coastal Broward; forecast-zone range, not a calibrated break transformationIssued Sep 22, 4:21 PM EDT

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Deerfield Beach
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	SW 9.9 ktcross-shore	1 ftnear low	NNE 1.2 ft @ 7s
1 AM	WSW 4.4 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	NNE 1.1 ft @ 7s
2 AM	WSW 5.7 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	NNE 1.1 ft @ 7s
3 AM	SSW 5.7 ktcross-shore	2 ftrising	NNE 1.1 ft @ 7s
4 AM	S 4.7 ktcross-shore	2 ftrising	NNE 1.1 ft @ 7s
5 AM	S 5.5 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftrising	NNE 1.1 ft @ 7s
6 AM	SSE 2 ktonshore	3 ftnear high	NNE 1.1 ft @ 6s
7 AM	ESE 4.9 ktonshore	2.5 ftfalling	NNE 1.1 ft @ 5s
8 AM	SSE 4.3 ktonshore	2.5 ftfalling	NNE 1.1 ft @ 5s
9 AM	SE 7.1 ktonshore	2 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 4s
10 AM	SE 6.6 ktonshore	1.5 ftfalling	ENE 1.1 ft @ 4s
11 AM	SW 6.5 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	ENE 1.1 ft @ 4s
Noon	W 5.5 ktoffshore	1 ftfalling	ENE 1.1 ft @ 5s
1 PM	N 2.6 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	NE 1.0 ft @ 6s
2 PM	NNE 6 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	NNE 1.0 ft @ 7s
3 PM	NNE 6.7 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	NNE 1.0 ft @ 6s
4 PM	NE 9.1 ktcross-shore	2 ftrising	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
5 PM	NNE 4.4 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftrising	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
6 PM	N 8.2 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftrising	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
7 PM	N 5.3 ktcross-shore	3 ftfalling	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
8 PM	NNW 3.6 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftfalling	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
9 PM	W 3.5 ktoffshore	2.5 ftfalling	NNE 1.0 ft @ 5s
10 PM	WNW 4.8 ktoffshore	2 ftfalling	NNE 0.9 ft @ 6s
11 PM	WNW 5 ktoffshore	1.5 ftfalling	NNE 0.9 ft @ 7s

12 AMUnavailable

WindSW 9.9 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftnear lowOffshore swellNNE 1.2 ft @ 7s

1 AMUnavailable

WindWSW 4.4 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

2 AMUnavailable

WindWSW 5.7 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

3 AMUnavailable

WindSSW 5.7 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

4 AMUnavailable

WindS 4.7 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

5 AMUnavailable

WindS 5.5 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

6 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 2 ktonshoreTide3 ftnear highOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

7 AMUnavailable

WindESE 4.9 ktonshoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 5s

8 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 4.3 ktonshoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 1.1 ft @ 5s

9 AMUnavailable

WindSE 7.1 ktonshoreTide2 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 4s

10 AMUnavailable

WindSE 6.6 ktonshoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellENE 1.1 ft @ 4s

11 AMUnavailable

WindSW 6.5 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellENE 1.1 ft @ 4s

NoonUnavailable

WindW 5.5 ktoffshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellENE 1.1 ft @ 5s

1 PMUnavailable

WindN 2.6 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.0 ft @ 6s

2 PMUnavailable

WindNNE 6 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 7s

3 PMUnavailable

WindNNE 6.7 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 6s

4 PMUnavailable

WindNE 9.1 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

5 PMUnavailable

WindNNE 4.4 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

6 PMUnavailable

WindN 8.2 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

7 PMUnavailable

WindN 5.3 ktcross-shoreTide3 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

8 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 3.6 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

9 PMUnavailable

WindW 3.5 ktoffshoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 1.0 ft @ 5s

10 PMUnavailable

WindWNW 4.8 ktoffshoreTide2 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 0.9 ft @ 6s

11 PMUnavailable

WindWNW 5 ktoffshoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNNE 0.9 ft @ 7s

Tide

NOAA HILLSBORO INLET OCEAN 8722862 · 7.1 km from Deerfield Beach · MLLW

Interpolated tide height Recommended window

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Sandbar break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 26.32, -80.07.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 112.5° · Location provenance

Model request point: Deerfield Beach (26.32, -80.07). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 4/4 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier A · US_EAST · spot-level model point

NWS MFL · FLZ172; official reef-face range0–1 ftCurrent · Sep 22, 4:21 PM EDT

NWS MFL · FLZ172
NWS MFL · FLZ172; Official breaking-surf height for Coastal Broward; forecast-zone range, not a calibrated break transformationCurrentSep 22, 4:21 PM EDT
NOAA NDBC real-time station files
Current buoy observations are not forecasts for the selected future date.Not applicableNo source time
NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
NOAA HILLSBORO INLET OCEAN 8722862 · 7.1 km from Deerfield Beach; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.CurrentSep 22, 8:29 PM EDT
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM EDT
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM EDT
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.