*Surf forecast for the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast*
UPDATED: December 20, 2025
<<WAVE REWIND<<
Waves went flat on Sunday.
SURFCAST DISCUSSION
A front pushes south Saturday but nothing really behind it to make significant waves. The next push will be on Monday. A NE surge behind a front will give us a quick shot of windchop leading up to Christmas. The Northeast wind will crank up and windchop will build in on Monday. Peaking late Monday and early Tuesday as winds swing more east on Tuesday. Winds quickly relax by Christmas eve and waves fade but still may stay rideable then. The GFS is showing a wind surge moving down the coast on Christmas which may kick up some small surf Christmas afternoon, although the other models not really into that so chances are low for now. Both major models now show a huge low strengthening off Nova Scotia Christmas eve night, if this happens we could see the gift of waves with some long period energy being delivered for the holiday weekend.
DAILY SURFCAST SPECIFICS:
WEEKEND: Pretty much flat. Maybe a small north swell at lower tides Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon.
MONDAY22: Waist to chest in the morning building to chest to shoulder+ in the afternoon. Getting very drifty as wind continues to pick up out of the NE 20-25kts+.
TUESDAY23: Chest-shoulder high in the morning, relaxing throughout the day as wind backs off. Wind turns more ENE to East so less drifty. Could be some fun nuggets with some underlying swell behind it. Wind ENE 25-15kts
WEDNESDAY24: Surf fades quickly but possibly still some knee-waist high leftover waves. Upcoast will still be getting some underlying swell so if you want to surf, that'll be the better bet. Not super clean but not too blown out though. Wind turns back more Northeast. Wind NE 10-15kts.
THURSDAY25Christmas: Possibly still a small NE windchop wave coming in. Upcoast the better bet though if you really want to try out that new board santa brought. Mostly chop though as underlying swell dies out. Wind: ENE 10-15kts.
FRIDAY26: Small early but possibly seeing some longer period NE swell push in late in the day. Wind light and variable.
SATURDAY27: Possibly a pulse of longer period energy making it at least down to the Treasure coast, possibly PBC. Winds look light and variable right now but confidence is low at the moment.
SUNDAY28: Possibly a pulse of longer period energy making it at least down to the Treasure coast, possibly PBC. Winds look light and variable right now but confidence is low at the moment.
- @surfnweatherman
Tides:
LONG RANGER SURFCAST
Christmas weekend could see some long period energy push down from a powerful low that may form south of Nova Scotia. If this happens, timing would be late Friday through all of the after Christmas weekend. Right now local winds look light with high presure planted right over us, but it's still way too early to pin anything down. In the far extended range, we could see a better pattern for swells at the beginning of 2026. Stay tuned!
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