Dead Man's Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report and Surf Forecast
Nearby Spots
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT+
Thigh to stomach
Swell
Wind
14KTSESE
18kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
79°F
Rashguard
Panhandle Forecast
Rob Mitstifer •Today
Still holding on with chest+ and up to shoulder high surf off local windswell. ESE/SE winds.
The direction shifts a little more SE allowing for more size to work in for PCB but this is still smaller than western beaches. Worth a look since we are in the summer season with breaks from Destin and further west up into the chest high range. Continued moderate to fresh ESE winds favoring the west side of piers/jetties for best conditions.
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Originally named in the '70s after a body washed ashore, Dead Man's is also known as the Gulfarium. It breaks in front of Fort Walton's small-scale answer to Sea World, or the Poles, referring to the remnants of the first Okaloosa Island Pier. The pier is long gone, but the outflow pipe from the Gulfarium Marine Life Park's porpoise tanks continues to chug out saltwater, acting like a tiny rivermouth.This spot is a fast, hollow lefthander on small to medium east swells, spinning over a... Read more