HOT LOCAL SURF SPOTS IN NJ...
"THE PIER" - CASINO PIER - (SEASIDE HEIGHTS) - A FABLED SPOT ON THE JERSEY SHORE...WITH GREAT WAVES...SOME OF THE BEST SURF IN JERSEY...SOUTH SWELL YA SURF THE NORTH SIDE...NE SWELL SOUTH SIDE...HERE YA HAVE ALL THE ATTRACTIONS AND DISTRACTIONS...USUALLY CROWDED...MIXED CROWD FROM "GREMMIES"...TO HARDENED "LOCALS"... YOU'LL SEE SOME REAL GOOD SURFERS HERE...BEST BE EXPERIENCED AND AGGRESSIVE IN THE H20...OTHERWISE YOUR GONNA BE IN TROUBLE...NOT ONLY WITH THE BETTER SURFERS...BUT WITH THE CONDITIONS...I'VE SEEN MANY END UP INSIDE THE PIER...
"THE INLET" - MANASQUAN INLET - (MANASQUAN)- WITHOUT REEFS OR ROCK BOTTOMS JERSEY SURFERS HAVE TO RELY ON MAN MADE STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE OR CHANGE THE SURFING CONDITIONS...THE "SQUAN" INLET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS...I'VE HAD DAZE THERE THAT WOULD RIVAL SURF ANYWHERE (WELL ALMOST)...WITH A SOUTH SWELL THERE ARE FEW PLACE THAT HANDLE A LARGE SWELL BETTER...AGAIN MOST OF THE BEST SURFERS WILL BE OUT...WHEN IT GETS GOOD SO YA BETTER BE ABLE TO HANDLE YOURSELF IN THE WATER...YA CAN GET HURT IF YA DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING...LOTZA BOARDS AND BODIES "ON THE ROCKS..."
"THE "L" JETTY - (AVON) - ANOTHER "CLASSIC SPOT"...GREAT AREA...SOME COMPARE IT ON CERTAIN DAZE TO "THE WEDGE"...AGAIN WITH THE ROCKS AND ALL BE CAREFUL IF YOUR A "NEWBIE"...
"NEW YORK AVENUE" - (SEA GIRT) - I'LL USE "BOB CONSIDINE'S DESCRIPTION" GREAT PLACE TO TRY WHEN IT'S DUMPING EVERYWHERE ELSE. THREE JETTIES AND THE PIPE CAN BREAK THINGS UP JUST NICELY....
"THE COVE" - (SANDY HOOK STATE PARK) - WHEN IT'S SOUTH AND BIG AND GNARLY ALL OVER...THE COVE AT SANDY HOOK WILL BE SMALLER BUT IF ITS OFFSHORE THE WAVES WILL BE PERFECT...THERE ARE ALSO A FEW "SECRET" SPOTS AT "THE HOOK"...JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE LAND MINES..!!!
"CAPE MAY AVENUE" - (HARVEY CEDARS, LBI) - GREAT SPOT ON LONG BEACH ISLAND...BEACH BREAK CONDITIONS...THAT PROVIDE SOME NICE BREAKS IN BIG AND SMALL CONDITIONS...CHECK OUT RON JON SS WHEN ON LBI ITS AN EXPERIENCE...
"JENKS" or "JENKINSON'S" PAVILION - (POINT PLEASANT BEACH) WHEN THE NOREASTER HOWLS AND THE WAVES GET BIG...ITS THE PLACE TO SURF..."JENKS" WAVE IS THICK AND INTENSE PEAK...
"New York Ave." - (LAVALLETTE) PROBALLY ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES EVER SURFED IN THE AREA...WHEN CHARLIE KELLER AND SOME LOCALS GOT BOARDS FROM THE WEST COAST...CHARLIE (WHO PAST AWAY IN 1996) LATER STARTED THE FIRST SURF SHOP IN THE AREA...I FIRST STARTED SURFING ON THIS BEACH AND PRESIDENT AVENUE AROUND 1964..(GEE, EONS AGO!!!)...SMALL JETTY AND BEACH BREAK CONDITIONS...USUALLY CONSISTANT...A MIXED BAG OF SURFING TALENT FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT...LAVALLETTE HAS OTHER BREAKS...ORTLEY AVENUE, PRESIDENT AVENUE AND NEWARK-TRENTON AVENUES(IN FACT THE NEWARK AVE. BEACH HAS DEVELOPED A GREAT BAR OVER THE YEARS AND IS BREAKING VERY WELL THESE DAYS)...WHERE MY DAD'S OCEANFRONT HOUSE IS..."ORTLEY AVE." LAVALLETTE IS ALSO A HOT SPOT AND IS SURFED BY MANY OF THE LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE...WHEN IT GETS GOOD ITS REAL GOOD... WHEN IN THE AREA STOP IN AND SEE TONY G AT OCEAN HUT SURF SHOP HWY 35 N, N. LAVALLETTE...FOR THE BEST IN SURFING GEAR AND INFORMATION...TG WILL BE GLAD TO ASSIST YOU.
"SEVEN PRESIDENTS PARK" - (LONG BRANCH) - WHEN I SURFED IT IN THE 1970'S IT WAS CALLED "GASKIN'S BEACH", I THINK BECAUSE OF THE FISH MARKET ON HWY 36...GREAT BREAK...JETTIES, SHIFTING BEACH BREAK...EVEN BILL CLINTON WOULD BE PUMPED...I ALWAYS MANAGED TO CATCH SOME GOOD WAVES THERE...RIGHTS AND LEFTS...DEPENDING WHERE YOU SIT...
"HOLGATE" - (HOLGATE, LBI) - "DOWN THE SOUTHERN END OF LONG BEACH ISLAND" LONG DRIVE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THE "LOCALS" LIKE IT THAT WAY...GREAT BEACH BREAKS...ALWAYS GOT SOME GOOD WAVES WHEN WE MADE THE TREK...REAL NICE AREA ALSO...
"OCEAN CITY" - DOWN JERSEY'S SOUTHERN END USUALLY KNOWN FOR ITS EXCELLENT QUALITY WAVES AND SURFERS...SURFED HERE MANY TIMES...WHEN IN THE AREA STOP IN AND SEE GEORGE GERLACH AT HIS SURF SHOP AND HE CAN GIVE YA MORE INFO.
"BAY HEAD" - (KARGE) - WHEN ITS BIG AND CLOSING ELSEWHERE YOU CAN FIND SMALLER BUT "PRIMO SURF" IN THIS AREA...THE WATER IS DEEPER KILLING THE SWELL A BIT AND THE JETTIES SET THINGS UP JUST RIGHT...CHECK IT OUT...YOU WONT BE SORRY...WHEN ITS SIX FOOT AND CLOSING OUT EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND THREE TO FOUR AND PERFECT ON THE RIGHT DAY...BL
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