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Playalinda Beach

Florida · United States

IntermediateBeach break28.677, -80.648

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Playalinda Beach is a S-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico — it catches SE–SW swell, and offshore NW–NE 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: ~26.7°C (80.1°F) on average

Jan

20°C

68°F · 14.8–22.6°C

Feb

19.2°C

66.6°F · 15.3–22.3°C

Mar

20.2°C

68.4°F · 15.4–22.8°C

Apr

22.4°C

72.3°F · 20.3–24.9°C

May

24.4°C

75.9°F · 21.8–26°C

Jun

26.3°C

79.3°F · 24.5–27.9°C

Jul

27.4°C

81.3°F · 25.4–29.9°C

Aug

27.6°C

81.7°F · 25.1–30.3°C

Sep

28.3°C

82.9°F · 25.5–29.8°C

Oct

26.7°C

80.1°F · 23.1–28.6°C

Nov

23.3°C

73.9°F · 19–26.3°C

Dec

21.4°C

70.5°F · 17.8–23.8°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

SE–SW

Best wind

NW–NE

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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