Best Surf Spots for Beginners in New York
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Download LazySurfer →These 4 New York beginner surf spots are at their best on small, forgiving surf — the easiest waves to learn on, clustered around Montauk, Remsenburg-Speonk and Inwood — ranked by how highly LazySurfer surfers have rated them. Every break gets bigger on a good swell, so open any spot for its live report before you paddle out.
- Park Line — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the southwest, high incoming tide
- Hither Hills State Park — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the southwest, high incoming tide
- Dune Rd West — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the east, mid incoming tide
- 90th St Rockaways — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, high outgoing tide
Frequently asked
What's the best beginner-friendly surf spot in New York?
By LazySurfer's session ratings, Park Line is the top-rated beginner-friendly surf spot in New York. Hither Hills State Park and Dune Rd West rank close behind. Each spot's page shows its ideal conditions and a live NOAA buoy and tide report.
What are the easiest waves to learn to surf on in New York?
The easiest New York waves to learn on are the small, forgiving 0–2 ft breaks — spots like Park Line, Hither Hills State Park, Dune Rd West are at their best at that size, the most approachable for a first paddle-out. Bigger swells still reach them, so check the live buoy report on each spot's page before you go.
Where should a beginner surf in New York?
New York's most beginner-friendly breaks cluster around Montauk, Remsenburg-Speonk and Inwood. Each of the 4 spots on this list has its own live NOAA buoy report, tide chart and ideal-conditions breakdown, so you can pick the calmest, smallest day to learn.
How does LazySurfer rank surf spots in New York?
LazySurfer ranks each break by the surf-quality ratings real users logged there, and trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on those logged sessions — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average for everyone.
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