St. Augustine · St. Johns County · Florida
Vilano Beach Surf Report & Forecast, St. Augustine, Florida
Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, Florida: 3 ft, waist to chest high, at 1 am EST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Good. The main swell is 3.5 ft at 11 seconds from the east-northeast, with calm wind. Water is about 73°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next low tide is 1.0 ft at 1:50 am.
3 ft
waist to chest high · occasional 4 ft
- Swell
- 3.5 ft · 11 s · ENE
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 1.2 ft fallinglow 1.0 ft at 1:50 am
- Water
- 73°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 66°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:46 amset 5:32 pm
Vilano Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Vilano Beach: 12 pm, Good, on a falling mid tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Vilano Beach: 6 am, Good, on a rising mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2–3 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4.4 ft |
| 7 am | 2–3 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.4 ft |
| 8 am | 2 ft | Fair | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.9 ft |
| 10 am | 2 ft | Good | calm | 5.2 ft |
| 11 am | 2 ft | Good | calm | 4.1 ft |
| 12 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 3.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 4 mph onshore (NNE) | 1.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 4 mph onshore (NE) | 1.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 5 mph onshore (ENE) | 1.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 2–3 ft | Poor to Fair | 6 mph onshore (E) | 1.6 ft |
| 5 pm | 2–3 ft | Poor to Fair | 6 mph onshore (E) | 2.3 ft |
| 6 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 6 mph onshore (ESE) | 3.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 ft | Good | calm | 3.6 ft |
| 7 am | 2 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4.7 ft |
| 8 am | 2 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.5 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.8 ft |
| 10 am | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5.5 ft |
| 11 am | 2 ft | Fair | 6 mph offshore (WNW) | 4.7 ft |
| 12 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph offshore (WNW) | 3.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph offshore (W) | 2.5 ft |
| 2 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph offshore (W) | 1.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph offshore (WNW) | 1.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 1.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 9 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 16 | 1.9 ft |
| 6 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 9 mph offshore (W), gusts 14 | 2.6 ft |
Vilano Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 1 am, sets at Vilano Beach arrive about every 2 minutes with about 2 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and soft.
- Set waves
- about 3.2 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 2
- Sets
- every 2 minutes or so, each lasting about 18 s
- Lulls
- about 80 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Softwhich means mostly mellow, with occasional steeper sections
- Breaking
- 16% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.4 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Vilano Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Vilano Beach: the biggest day is Wednesday, Nov 18 at 2–4 ft, and the best-rated day is Tuesday, Nov 10 (Good). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 1 ft and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, 1 ft and Poor.
Fri, Nov 20 – Wed, Nov 25
Days 11–16 for Vilano Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | 2–3 ft | Good | 3.1 ft · 11 s · ENE | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4 mph onshore (NE) | 12 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 2 ft | Good | 1.5 ft · 11 s · E | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5 mph offshore (W) | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.0 ft · 10 s · E | 9 mph offshore (W) | 13 mph offshore (W), gusts 21 | 6 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 1.6 ft · 4 s · N | 15 mph cross-shore (NW) | 16 mph offshore (WNW) | 10 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 1 ft | Poor | 2.3 ft · 5 s · N | 16 mph cross-shore (NW) | 10 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.8 ft · 4 s · NNE | 10 mph cross-shore (N) | 12 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 4 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 2 ft | Poor | 2.2 ft · 6 s · NE | 12 mph onshore (NE), gusts 18 | 14 mph onshore (NE), gusts 20 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 2–3 ft | Poor | — | 13 mph cross-shore (ESE), gusts 20 | 10 mph onshore (E), gusts 15 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 2–4 ft | Poor | — | 14 mph onshore (E), gusts 21 | 14 mph onshore (ENE), gusts 23 | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 3 ft | Poor | — | 14 mph onshore (E), gusts 24 | 14 mph onshore (E), gusts 20 | 1 pm |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Wed, Nov 25 | Days 11–16 for Vilano Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Vilano Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Vilano Beach today, Tuesday, Nov 10: low 1.0 ft at 1:50 am, high 6.0 ft at 8:20 am, low 1.2 ft at 2:41 pm and high 4.8 ft at 8:36 pm. At 1 am the tide is 1.2 ft and falling.
Vilano Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 1.0 ft at 1:50 amHigh 6.0 ft at 8:20 amLow 1.2 ft at 2:41 pmHigh 4.8 ft at 8:36 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 1.0 ft at 2:28 amHigh 5.8 ft at 9 amLow 1.2 ft at 3:17 pmHigh 4.6 ft at 9:13 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | Low 1.0 ft at 3:05 amHigh 5.6 ft at 9:39 amLow 1.0 ft at 4:04 pmHigh 4.2 ft at 10 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | Low 1.0 ft at 3:44 amHigh 5.4 ft at 10:24 amLow 1.4 ft at 4:44 pmHigh 4.2 ft at 10:44 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | Low 1.3 ft at 4:31 amHigh 5.3 ft at 11:12 amLow 1.7 ft at 5:27 pmHigh 4.4 ft at 11:34 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | Low 1.7 ft at 5:19 amHigh 5.2 ft at 11:56 amLow 1.6 ft at 6:20 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.3 ft at 12:27 amLow 1.7 ft at 6:12 amHigh 5.1 ft at 12:50 pmLow 1.7 ft at 7:07 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.5 ft at 1:21 amLow 1.9 ft at 7:10 amHigh 5.1 ft at 1:40 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Vilano Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Vilano Beach is about 73°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 68°F and a 3 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 73 and 75°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Vilano Beach
- Vilano Jetty1.9 mi SSE · 2 ft · Fair
- Blowhole3.7 mi SSE · 3 ft · Good
- Middles4.8 mi SSE · 3 ft · Good
- Anastasia Park5.4 mi SSE · 2–3 ft · Good
- South Ponte Vedra6.0 mi NNW · 3 ft · Good
- St. Augustine Beach Pier6.0 mi SSE · 3 ft · Good
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About Vilano Beach
Vilano Beach is a beach break in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, facing east-northeast.
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