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Dixie Beach

Florida · United States

IntermediateBeach break26.453, -82.030

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Dixie Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~29.8°C (85.6°F) on average

Jan

19.8°C

67.6°F · 15.9–22.4°C

Feb

19.7°C

67.5°F · 16.6–22.6°C

Mar

21.6°C

70.9°F · 15.7–24.6°C

Apr

24.1°C

75.4°F · 21.5–26.6°C

May

26.7°C

80.1°F · 23.9–28.5°C

Jun

29°C

84.2°F · 27.4–30.6°C

Jul

29.9°C

85.8°F · 28.5–31.4°C

Aug

30.4°C

86.7°F · 28.8–31.8°C

Sep

29.8°C

85.6°F · 28.7–31.4°C

Oct

27.6°C

81.7°F · 23.1–30.1°C

Nov

24.3°C

75.7°F · 20.6–27.1°C

Dec

21.6°C

70.9°F · 19.4–23.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–S

Best wind

W–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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