Coastal Hazards
Alerts, rip current risk, surf and coastal flooding for Brevard's beaches, from the National Weather Service.
Brevard Coastal Hazards
Beaches, lagoon shores and nearshore waters · checked 8:08 PM ET
Highest todayDangerous
- Coastal Flood Warninguntil Wed 2:00 AM ET
- High Surf Advisoryuntil Wed 2:00 AM ET
- Rip Current Statementuntil Wed 2:00 AM ET
- Wind Advisoryuntil Mon 8:00 AM ET
- Gale Warninguntil Wed 2:00 AM ET
Wind
HazardousGusts to 32 mph
- Peak forecast gust in the next 12 hours, near Titusville around 9:00 PM ET
- Wind Advisory until Mon 8:00 AM ET: Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph.
Estimate from NWS forecast NWS forecast grid · NWS Melbourne
Surf
HazardousNorth 6 to 10 ft · South 8 to 10 ft
- High Surf Advisory until Wed 2:00 AM ET
- Monday: up to 12 ft
- Canaveral buoy 41009 (20 nm offshore): 10.2 ft seas every 9 s, 6:50 PM ET
Per NWS surf forecast NWS Surf Zone Forecast · NDBC 41009
Rip Currents
DangerousHigh risk
- NWS: life-threatening rip currents are likely in the surf zone.
- Monday: High risk
- Swim near a lifeguard.
Per NWS NWS beach forecast
Coastal Flooding
DangerousCoastal Flood Warning
- Until Wed 2:00 AM ET
- Next high tide Mon 8:16 AM ET: about 1.0 ft above the NWS minor flood level at Port Canaveral (estimate)
- Trident Pier is running +1.6 ft above the predicted tide
Per NWS NOAA Trident Pier · NWS Melbourne
Boating
DangerousGale Warning
- Until Wed 2:00 AM ET: Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 35 knots and seas 10 to 15 feet.
- Buoy 41009: wind 25 mph, gusts 29
Per NWS NWS marine forecast · NDBC 41009
Water In the mid 70sUV index HighNWS surf zone forecast
How we set these levels
- Wind: strongest NWS forecast gust at Brevard beach towns in the next 12 hours. Under 20 mph Calm, 20–29 Use Caution, 30–44 Hazardous, 45+ Dangerous. A Wind Advisory sets at least Hazardous; a High Wind, Tropical Storm or Hurricane Warning sets Dangerous.
- Surf: the larger NWS surf height for north or south Brevard. Under 3 ft Calm, 3–5 Use Caution, 6–11 Hazardous, 12+ Dangerous. A High Surf Advisory sets at least Hazardous; a High Surf Warning sets Dangerous.
- Rip currents: the NWS risk as issued. Low is Calm, Moderate is Use Caution, High (life-threatening rips likely) is Dangerous.
- Coastal flooding: NWS Coastal Flood Warning is Dangerous, Advisory is Hazardous, Watch or Statement is Use Caution. With no NWS product, we estimate the next high tide at Trident Pier (predicted tide plus how far the water is running above or below it) against the NWS minor flood level: at or above it Hazardous, within 0.5 ft Use Caution.
- Boating: NWS Gale, Storm, Tropical Storm or Hurricane Warning for Brevard waters is Dangerous; Small Craft Advisory is Hazardous. With no marine alert, buoy 41009 seas: under 4 ft Calm, 4–6 Use Caution, 7+ Hazardous.
These levels are our own plain-language summary of public NWS and NOAA data, not an official warning. Always follow the National Weather Service, lifeguards and Brevard County Emergency Management.
Sources: NWS Melbourne alerts and surf zone forecast, NWS forecast grid, NOAA buoy 41009 and Trident Pier tide gauge. Not an official forecast. See weather.gov/mlb for warnings.