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Ocean View at the Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary

Florida · United States

IntermediateBeach break25.033, -80.505

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Ocean View at the Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary is a NW-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico — it catches W–N swell, and offshore E–S winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~29.7°C (85.5°F) on average

Jan

23.2°C

73.8°F · 20.8–25.7°C

Feb

23.3°C

73.9°F · 20–25.8°C

Mar

24.3°C

75.7°F · 20.7–26.3°C

Apr

25.5°C

77.9°F · 22.9–28.3°C

May

27.5°C

81.5°F · 26–29.8°C

Jun

29°C

84.2°F · 27.2–30.5°C

Jul

29.7°C

85.5°F · 27.7–31.3°C

Aug

30.1°C

86.2°F · 28.3–31.6°C

Sep

29.7°C

85.5°F · 27.9–31°C

Oct

28.2°C

82.8°F · 25.1–30.1°C

Nov

25.9°C

78.6°F · 22.1–27.9°C

Dec

24.3°C

75.7°F · 20.9–25.9°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

W–N

Best wind

E–S

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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