I grew up in Miami so I know how the ocean side is. I've never really seen any waves that were big so to speak, a few friends of mine surfed and they would always say surfing in FL was wack unless a hurricane rolled through lol. I went out about 6-7 times and the waves were always 3-3.5 which isn't too bad I guess, I'm not a surfer so I would really know. Either way a vacation is always nice, especially around any ocean...