Stuart Public Beach • Surf Spot Statistics

Best Surf Season (November - March)

The western Atlantic storm track wakes up as cold fronts and Nor'easters march off the US East Coast, pointing a deep east-northeast fetch straight at Stuart Public Beach. Average wave heights hold in the 4ft (1.2m) range and periods sit in the 7.7-8.2s pocket - punchy and rideable, with plenty of head-high-plus days mixed in. The waverose is loaded with optimal NNE, NE, ENE and E swells, especially in November and December. Wind is the great qualifier, and December through March posts the highest ideal-offshore percentages of the year (22-26%) after cold fronts clear the coast and west/southwest flow takes over. These are the most reliable months for clean, rippable surf.

Fair Surf Season (April - May and September - October)

The shoulder seasons are true transition periods. In spring, average heights fade to 3ft (0.9-1.0m) as the Bermuda High strengthens and winds become more ESE/SE; the surf stays rideable but grovels. Autumn is the opposite: September and October deliver the strongest NE/ENE groundswell of the year, often boosted by late-season tropical systems, but the accompanying wind fields are frequently onshore from the same quadrant. When a front finally clocks the wind west, these months can produce Stuart's most memorable waves.

Low Surf Season (June - August)

Summer is the doldrums. A stubborn Bermuda High locks in ESE/SE trade winds, average swell heights drop to 2ft (0.6m), and periods shorten to 6.2-6.8s. Most of the wave rose sits below 3ft (1m), leaving small, lumpy windswell with an onshore/sideshore texture. Tropical storms can interrupt the pattern, but the baseline from June through August is small, groveling, and best left to longboards and summer fun-cruisers.