Jetty East Condos
Two By Fours
The Two By Fours break is similar to Jetty East, but it is farther east. It’s an outside break, so it is accessible on big days by either trying your luck on the paddle out or drifting down from Jetty East. On medium-size, outside days, it has a great outside peak. To find it, follow the beach road to the abrupt right curve. Look for the Sandpiper Cove condos, and about a half-mile past Sandpiper Cove, look for the long boardwalk on the left. You can park across the street.
NCO Club
Locals know that when nowhere else is breaking, NCO will have a decent wave. To get there, follow Highway 98 east toward Destin. If you turn into the parking lot just before Destin bridge you’ll see surfers’ cars and the sign saying NCO Beach Club. Or, if you’re coming from the west, head through Destin. You’ll find the club just over the Destin bridge on the left.
Since NCO is only about a mile from Destin’s west jetty, it gets swells without the degree of drift that other beaches have. There will be waves all the way from the west jetty to the beach club. On those medium to large days, surfers typically walk toward the jetty, about halfway. Then, they surf all the way down to the club, and walk back. Wave closest to the jetty often are unpredictable, with a shifty or twisting peak. But, roughly midway between the jetty and the club you’ll find a long, fast mid-break that’s perfect on summer days.
The Pumphouse
Located midway between Sandpiper Cove and Two by Fours, where a pipe flushes the Destin Harbor with clean Gulf water, is the Pumphouse. Look for the low block building on the right after you pass Sandpiper Cove. You can park along the road. Once you get to the beach, look for a buoy marking where the outflow is. Typically, it’s opposite the Pumphouse, about 250 yards out. Expect this area to have mostly a winter wave that is big outside and hollow inside.
Half-Mile Out
Known locally as HMO, the name has nothing to do with your medical provider. It stands for “half-mile out.” To get there, you can follow the beach road west, almost to the end. Check for the boat docks on the right and look for surfers’ cars parked along the road. If you walk south along the pass to the east jetty, you can paddle out. On big days, the right-hander swell can be a spectacularly large, winding point wave. It will break on the shallow sandbar far outside of the east jetty of Destin Pass. It is challenging because the Destin Pass has one of the fastest tidal flows around. Peak incoming or outgoing tides flow just like a river. You can catch it wrong and get pulled out. So plan on paddling six miles out. A Jet Ski and an anchor might be the best option to a leisurely surf out there.
Surfing Forecast for Destin
Living in Destin means you can surf whenever the forecast is perfect. Catch the waves often and live the beach life.
Here is an up-to-date surfing forecast for Destin.
So bookmark this page and refer back to it daily, so you know when to head to the beach to surf Destin style.
Because if waves are your thing, living in Destin is the place to be.
Destin Lifestyle
No matter how you like your waves, you can make them part of your Destin lifestyle. There are so many different living options in Destin it might be hard to choose, but we can help you.
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