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Vacuum Bar

Florida, United States · 29.0775, -80.9148

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conditions & access

Best wind

E wind with a strong outgoing tide per the exact candidate source. This combination can sweep a rider seaward and is advanced-only.

Season

Fall-spring plus hurricane swell for the nearby New Smyrna/Bethune coast; tide and inlet flow control whether Vacuum Bar is usable: https://www.surfline.com/travel/zones/florida/surf-guide/new-smyrna-inlet/5842041f4e65fad6a7708871

Hazards

Advanced tidal standing-wave location. The exact source warns that strong outgoing flow can sweep a rider into double-overhead inlet waves and wind is fickle. Add sharks, surfers, boats, jetties, shallow sandbars and no easy recovery; use local guidance and never ride alone.

Parking & access

Official Volusia beach-driving/access rules apply to legal New Smyrna ocean approaches; do not park outside signed driving/parking lanes and check inlet-area closures before using Vacuum Bar: https://www.volusia.org/core/fileparse.php/5948/urlt/S-Beach-broch-2024-05-ADA-1.pdf

“Prone/Sup spot on east wind. Very strong outgoing tide creates standing waves. Can also be a fun wing spot but wind is often fickle. Advanced spot as you can be swept out into 2x overhead waves. Requested-field batch 10 verified 2026-08-01: exact, nearby, regional, alternate-access, route, business-pin and community-candidate relationships remain explicit; unresolved items remain Unknown.”

— via Project7iii foildata; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Ocean Way Dr (0.93 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Ocean Way Dr (0.93 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/713886 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Vacuum Bar Exact New Smyrna Inlet surf guide for the inlet system containing Vacuum Bar; confirm the precise standing-wave zone and tide locally: https://www.sur surfline.com

Tides

NOAA CO-OPS Tide predictions — station 8721147 Nearest tide station, 1.6 km from the launch. tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov

Local guides

project7iii.com Vacuum Bar Original exact/candidate source for Vacuum Bar: https://project7iii.com/foildata/map/vacuum-bar Exact/current resource: https://www.surfline.com/trave project7iii.com surfline.com Vacuum Bar Original exact/candidate source for Vacuum Bar: https://project7iii.com/foildata/map/vacuum-bar Exact/current resource: https://www.surfline.com/trave surfline.com volusia.org Vacuum Bar Original exact/candidate source for Vacuum Bar: https://project7iii.com/foildata/map/vacuum-bar Exact/current resource: https://www.surfline.com/trave volusia.org

Links are community-sourced and open directly on the provider's site. Verify conditions locally before riding.

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