Ship Bottom Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Ship Bottom is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with strong wind from the SW, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | strong wind from the SW |
| Best tide | mid & 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 2026-07-16 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 5s |
| Swell direction | S (175°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44091 (24 mi away) |
| Wind | 2 kt from the WNW — NDBC SDHN4 (58 mi away) |
Ship Bottom 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Ship Bottom from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 16 | 1–2 ft | 4s S | 11 kt W |
| Fri Jul 17 | 1–2 ft | 5s S | 8 kt NE |
| Sat Jul 18 | 1–3 ft | 8s SE | 12 kt SW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 3–4 ft | 7s SSE | 11 kt WNW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 2–3 ft | 8s SSE | 9 kt E |
| Tue Jul 21 | 2–4 ft | 5s SSE | 11 kt WSW |
| Wed Jul 22 | 2–4 ft | 8s SSE | 7 kt N |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8534720 (Atlantic City (Ocean)), the nearest tide station (23 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:21 — Low 0.623 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:24 — High 3.324 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:10 — Low 1.034 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:28 — High 4.096 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:03 — Low 0.593 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:11 — High 3.482 ft
Frequently asked
Is Ship Bottom good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-16 11:00 UTC), Ship Bottom is fair: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is calm from the NW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Ship Bottom 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 (Atlantic City (Ocean)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Ship Bottom?
Ship Bottom is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with strong wind from the SW, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Ship Bottom 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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