Best Surf Spots in New Jersey
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- Casino Pier Northside — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high incoming tide
- Casino Pier — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high incoming tide
- Ortley Beach — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, high incoming tide
- 34th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high outgoing tide
- 57th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high outgoing tide
- 5th St — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, high outgoing tide
- 18th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the south, high incoming tide
- 30th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the south, high incoming tide
- 16th Ave — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, high outgoing tide
- Manasquan Inlet — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, high outgoing tide
- Seaside Road — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high outgoing tide
- 56th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the south, high incoming tide
- Ship Bottom — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, mid incoming tide
- Mantoloking — best on a 0–2 ft swell from the south, mid outgoing tide
- Surf City — best on a 6 ft+ swell from the south, high outgoing tide
- 9th St — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the south, mid incoming tide
- Margate Pier Northside — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high incoming tide
- North Street to 3rd Street Jetty — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high outgoing tide
- The Cove — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the south, high incoming tide
- 14th Street — best on a 2–4 ft swell from the southeast, high incoming tide
Frequently asked
What's the best surf spot in New Jersey?
By LazySurfer's session ratings, Casino Pier Northside is the top-rated surf spot in New Jersey. Casino Pier and Ortley Beach rank close behind. Each spot's page shows its ideal conditions and a live NOAA buoy and tide report.
Where can beginners surf in New Jersey?
For learning, look to the New Jersey breaks that are at their best on small, forgiving waves — including Ortley Beach, 5th St, 16th Ave. These tend to be the most approachable, though every spot gets bigger on a good swell, so check the live report first.
How does LazySurfer rank surf spots in New Jersey?
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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