Casino Pier Northside Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-26
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), Casino Pier Northside is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the W is off its ideal SE direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the SW. Casino Pier Northside is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with moderate wind from the SE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here. It best suits improving and intermediate surfers.

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Best conditions for Casino Pier Northside

Casino Pier Northside is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with moderate wind from the SE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height2–4 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionSE
Best windmoderate wind from the SE
Best tidehigh & incoming

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height2.0 ft
Dominant period3s
Swell directionW (279°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 44091 (20 mi away)
Wind3 kt from the WSW — NDBC JCRN4 (35 mi away)

Casino Pier Northside 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Casino Pier Northside from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Wed Aug 261–3 ft9s ESE14 kt SSW
Thu Aug 273–4 ft7s SE18 kt SSW
Fri Aug 282–3 ft8s SE9 kt WSW
Sat Aug 292–3 ft8s ESE12 kt ENE
Sun Aug 302 ft7s SE18 kt SW
Mon Aug 311–2 ft7s SE11 kt WSW
Tue Sep 12 ft7s SSE12 kt WSW

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8531680 (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock), the nearest tide station (36 mi away). Times local.

Casino Pier Northside tide chart for 2026-08-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 4.7ft12:01a0.7ft6:33a4.1ft12:53p1.3ft6:31p4.6ft12:51a0.7ft7:18a4.3ft1:38p1.4ft7:34pNow0.74.7

Frequently asked

Is Casino Pier Northside working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), Casino Pier Northside is off: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the W is off its ideal SE direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the SW.

Is Casino Pier Northside good for beginners?

Casino Pier Northside is best for improving and intermediate surfers — it's most often good on 2–4 ft surf, manageable on its smaller days but a step up from true beginner conditions. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Casino Pier Northside?

Casino Pier Northside tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Casino Pier Northside?

The best swell direction for Casino Pier Northside is from the southeast (SE). Swell arriving from the southeast lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Casino Pier Northside?

Casino Pier Northside is most often good with moderate wind from the southeast (SE) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Casino Pier Northside come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44091) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Casino Pier Northside is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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