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New Jersey Island Beach State Park As far as New Jersey goes, Island Beach State Park is the best area to skim around. I was a bum this summer and I hit almost every beach in NJ, this one is worth it. At high tide it is the best to skim. The slope of the beach at the break is fairly steep. Take the Garden State Parkway to exit 82, this puts you on route 37, going the right way. Take route 37 until you are in Seaside, stay to the right, you can not miss it with the signs. Once you are in the park definitely go past the life guarded beaches. Then anyplace after that to the end of the island are good, some better than others. Submitted By, Scott: shep@vt.edu More On Island Beach State Park This beach has pretty good waves and doesn't have that many people considering that there is no life guards which is a big advantage. Summer is the best time to go skimmin' here and when there is high tide cuz' the waves crash lots more. Also a added bonus is that there is a lot of sandbars like the beach yesterday it was amazing! Directions From the Garden State Park Way go to a road leading to Seaside Heights then you'll see loads of signs pointing you right to Island Beach State Park it will cost you a whopping $7 if driving in a car $3 motorcycle $1 moped. Then when at the entrance keep goin' for miles until you find a little out cove wit cars and a sign saying 13 for beach #13. Submitted By: Szakorn@aol.com Long Beach Island If you are going to Jersey make sure that you make a stop in Long Beach Island. L.B.I. can vary just like any other place, but maintains a relatively consistent steepness through out spring to mid summer and returns in the fall. The break is fast and snappy with a lot of room to go off. On good days the waves can form super dope lips that you can just charge at. Over all the place is super fun and that's what any one looks for in a dope skimming spot. Here's how to get there. Take 195 to exit 7 bearing right coming off of the exit. Entering Allentown the speed limit sign will read 25mph and you will come to a stop sign. Make a right at the stop sign, you'll cross over a little bridge and very shortly after make a left on to 539. You'll be on this road for days, but make sure you stop at the wawa's along the way for breakfast. After a while you will run into a stop sign that intersects 539 with 72. Make a left onto 72 and that takes you right there. About two lights after crossing the bridge you'll see a Ron Jon's, the beach is about two or three blocks straight ahead of it . You can either go right or left at this point just flip a coin to decide. If you go right go to 130 street... because it's good. On 539 you'll pass a golf course on your right but pay attention to the little pond, because a girls head was found in it and the body was found in Trenton. I love Jersey! Frenchtown Trails R.I.P. Submitted By: jon107@hotmail.com More on Long Beach This is one of the steepest beaches I’ve been to. At high tide you can’t beat this spot. It has huge waves with curl at the shore break. Take the garden state parkway to route 72. Go all the way, you wont miss it there will be signs. Every spot on the island is good, some better than others. Submitted By: surfpaul99@aol.com 12th Street Jetty Since LBI is already listed as a spot on here, i will reveal a "spot within a spot". During the early summer (june-july) the beach is prime for skimming. the beach curves out, and forms a small sandbar parallel to the jetty. keeping this in mind, you can head directly into a heavy left-hand peak when it gets big. the only crowd is billy bad, tj and the boys, so go for it. when you get over the bridge, onto LBI, make a right, and keep going for about 8 miles. just look for 12th street. if you gett to the ferris wheel, you are on 8th street. bactrack 4 blocks, and you are there. the north side of the jetty is the break. Submitted By: billishomer@aol.com Ocean City Ocean City is a great place for beginners, there are days when the tide comes out very far, so learning the basic running and getting on the board are very easy to pick up. some days there are also great breaking waves close to the shore w/a very slight bank. Once again I say it's a good place to learn this growing sport. It's a city. Don't hurt yourself looking for it. Submitted By: kiker14@aol.com Normandy Beach, Point Pleasant At low tide the sandbar is huge. On a good
day waves will break on each side of it. Normally the waves are
2-3 feet. Nice little liners. At high tide the beach is very
steep. The shorebreak is crazy. The waves are 3-5 feet.
When a good north or south swell hits the waves are amazing. Although it is 5 bucks for a day pass to the beach.
it is private. There are only two other skimboarders that skim
with me. Crowds are very small. If you are going north (from the south) you should stop at seaside. But if you want to avoid the crowds.. for a few extra dollars...you can get quality waves with few lifeguards to bug you and lots of beach to cover. There aren't to many other skimmers than me so you will attract a crowd if i can. If you do go (on the weekends) look for the skinny little tan kid with the yellow zap. (me) From new York: Take the turnpike south. Hop on the Parkway. Follow signs (south) to Point Pleasant. Go down rt.35 to Normandy beach. Turn left on seventh street. Submitted By: Surferdude415@cs.com Surf City, Long Beach Island All summer u can get pretty good waves, but i
usually would go mid to late summer. In early morning u can
usually get sum flats to cruse a little. But when tides break and
come in you get lots of action. The waves form big curls to hit
off of really close to the shore line. They come down hard so if u
can get on it u come down dropping off. There are usually big
crowds though. So u got to watch out for little kids. Its
worth it though so go there and get sum sick waves. Take 70 east to 72 southeast down all the way to
the island. Once you cross the bridge you will turn left and head down into any parking space and hit any beach line there. Its the best u cant miss it in Surf city. Submitted By:
Zondo23@aol.com 30th Street, Beach Haven Gardens, LBI 30th street has 2 sets of waves bar break and shore break. Lately some of the shore break has been excellent enough for me to ride it 20 yds on my surfboard but skimboarding has been the best you can ride out and ride back waves for 10-20 yds this spot is excellent Submitted By: surfertrav@aol.com South Side of Manasquan Inlet, Point Pleasant Around low tide, outgoing tide is better.
Beach is nice and steep. I've seen this spot hold hollow head high
conditions. This spot is deep due to the dredging of the inlet
allowing larger swell in even on not-so-good days. Bring a rash
shirt, sand is really course and shells are abundant. Spot is very
busy during the summer. Garden State Parkway, exit 98. Take the Rt 138 East/Rt 34 exit. On 34 South, go thru 2 circles following signs to Point Pleasant. Go over Manasquan River Bridge, after bridge, take a left u-turn at the Exxon station, then make first right. Follow straight down and park. Submitted By: danmcfadden@yahoo.com 4th Street, Belmar Around high tide, if its not trenched up.
Beach is relatively steep. Only problem is the life guards and
volume of people during 9a-5p in the summer. Garden State Parkway, exit 98. Take Rt 138 East to Belmar. 4th street is on the north side of town, parking is free off of Ocean Ave. Submitted By: danmcfadden@yahoo.com West End Beach, Long Branch North side of the Jetty (rocks) around low tide.
If the beach is trenched up, larger waves break on the jetty and produce
a nice down-the-liner. The bonus is you can enter the section
almost parallel to the wave by skimming up the beach. Can hold up
nicely in 2'-5' conditions. South side, around low tide. When conditions
replenish the steep beach its held 2'-4' conditions. Exit 105 on the Garden State Parkway. Get on 36 East, follow signs for Monmouth University. Go past M.U. down Cedar Ave to Ocean Ave. Make a right at the light, second right past the WindMill. Follow road around to park. Ocean City (General) There are a few okay skim spots in O.C. I've
been skimming here for four years and the places that I go to are on the
Northern end of the island. Places like Seaspray and 7th street.
Recently between 3rd and 4th streets (Park Place) has been decent.
At low tide, a big pool is seen (7 or 8 inches deep), and at high tide
the waves have been pretty good. Breaking on shore, nice slope...
pretty good. Not too many people there at night, but during the
day the groms like to flatland in front of you (it's cool, though --
they're learning the basics, we were all there once.). If you catch 7th street on a good day, it's really
good. A really nice slope and usually big sidewash. It's a
designated surfing beach, so the people there are pretty cool. And Seaspray is where the island bends, so it is
pretty good there. Go to 1st street or North street and walk a few
blocks to find a good spot. Same sort of people as Park Place. Nothing spectacular here, but it can get good at
times. Worth bring the board if you're in the area -- you're bound
to find some cool skimmers. Get to the NJ parkway and over the 34th street
bridge. From there it's elementary to follow numbers down. Submitted By: walker@dandy.net Stockton Beach, Cape May Very nice short break. Right on shore. Best time to
go is Take the garden state parkway south as far as it
goes. Then you can't Submitted By: extremebiker@hotmail.com 9th Street, Barnaget Light 9th street at Barnaget Light is where the shoals
are located for any one who has herd of them. The skimmin can be
real sick on the beach inside the shoals on any tide. Cause the
waves at the shoals break so far out, there is a very deep channel
streching from the beach to the surf for two miles allowing the swells
to regain strength and break right on shore. So even at dead low
tide the skimmin at 9th street will still be goin off as opposed to the
rest of LBI. The conditions are usually found to be pretty clean
even with stong winds. Cleaner than other spots on the island
anyway. The shore break in NJ can often just roll up onto shore
and not really break allowing for limited or no wave riding possibilties.
Inside shoals very rarely does this offering good wave riding potential.
It is a very consistent break that is worth checking out. Go to Long Beach Island, head north on the blvd to
Barnaget Light and look for 9th street. Submitted By: cuervo_k@hotmail.com Poverty Beach, Cape May Ok guys, welcome to one of the BEST skim spots on
NJ! In the state of New Jersey there aren't that many spots to
skim, and if you live in Southern Jersey, there are none, except
this beach. The beach has a VERY nice slope that really gets
perfectly steep on incoming high, and outgoing high. The waves are
KICKIN' when they get good, but when they are bad, it is FLAT. I
have been skimming here forever and have seen VERY nice waves, and
caught some SWEET rides as well. On a good day the waves range
anywhere from 4 feet-the sides of buses big! The waves must be a
good 10-15 feet from shore, but you have to look out sometimes
because around high tides, you get SOME rocks. Luckily,
THERE ARE NO TOURISTS AROUND HERE!!!, so the beach is relatively empty
except some fishers a couple beaches down. So come down here
anytime you're bored in the state or NJ, and check out the break! Take the Garden State Parkway all the way down
untill you reach Cape May. Follow the signs that say BEACHES
untill you come out to the main strecth of beaches. Take a left
and follow it down untill it curves, it is the last beach on the main
strecth. Make sure to make a left because the beach all the way on
teh right USED to be good, but now it is REALLY weird and you have to
pay and stuff. You'll come to a little beach, and some BIG waves. Submitted By: Supermahon949@msn.com Seaside Heights South Pier, Seaside Heights, NJ Seaside is a pretty sick place to skim, but only
right near the 2nd most and farthest south piers. The beach is
super steep and during a high tide you can count on getting some chest
high barrels. If the sand is just right you can sometimes get
liners going from the south to north. The reason this place goes
off is because the tide swells up around the piers allowing for much
higher than normal shore break. ALthough you have to watch the
groms around there, bunch of little kids mid day and its black balled
between 9am and 5pm during the summer months. You also may have to
deal with some surfers riding the shore break. But its fully worth
it. I've skimmed all the spots listed here, and I'd say that this
spot and 18th street north in LBI are the best places to go if your in
NJ. However if you get the chance to move to cali like I did DO
IT. The skim is by far inferior back east. Keep rockin out.
Layte Take 70 east. You'll find it, its right next to the board walk. Just look for all the rides. Submitted By:
chris@netricate.com 50th Street, Ocean City My beach at 50th Street in Ocean City is the
perfect spot for skimboarding. It is great during high tide,
because it slopes towards the ocean. You can get some nice, long rides.
It is best at low tide, when people at no other beaches can skimboard
due to the scarcity of oncoming waves. When the tide goes out, a
sandbar forms very close to the shoreline, so close that you can walk
right out to it. The water is about 1/4 inch deep- perfect!
This area is about the size of a football field. What's great is
that it drops straight down into the gulley, so you can do tricks off
the drop. There is no crowd there ever except for a few fellow
skimboarders. The best time to skimboard here is from mid- May to
early October. Come here this summer. I know you won't
regret it. Take New Jersey Turnpike onto Atlantic City Expressway and then take Exit 7 to Ocean City. Once there, go to the 50th Street Beach. Submitted By: sean15hh@aol.com Broadway St. Cape May This beach has a really huge slope! At high
tide the water runs up and pools along the jetty which gives you a lot
of room to get on your board before the slope. The break is fast
and hard. We catch the same waves as the surfers because the jetty
and this beach stick out beyond the rest of it's neighboring beaches.
I'd say that the waves are about 3-5 feet on a good day and after a
hurricane clears you get waves that are like 6 feet! It's like
looking at a sideways school bus. Public showers are very close
and easy to spot. From the ferry(Deleware), take Sandman Blvd. about
2 miles and turn right at the school go over the bridge (no toll) and
stay straight and it's about 3 miles to the ocean. It takes you
directly to the beach of Broadway. If you're coming from the from anywhere else, take
the garden state parkway south to the end, stay straight over the
bridge(no toll). Then follow signs for the beaches/coast
guards(it's marked). It's about 1.5 miles to the beach. Take
a right and go a couple blocks past the lifeguard station. Broadway
beach also has a snack bar/bathroom that is easily noticed. The
big break is to the left of the jetty. Submitted By: Supermahon949@msn.com Crystal's A hidden spot on the Jersey coast would have to be Crystal's in Atlantic City. Crystal's is located at Massachusetts Ave. There's a real nice slope to the beach and some powerful shorebreak. I've seen nearly ten-foot faces there, but that's a rarity. You do get three to four-foot faces on a regular basis, however. It's pretty fun. Not the most consistent... and there are days where the waves come onto shore but suck back up. There are also days when it's super clean and hallow. Its best when heading towards high tide, and usually during the spring and fall. The summer can produce some nice waves, but it's better during the other seasons. Grab a full suit and hit it in the winter -- the break can become epic. If Crystal's isn't working, try hitting the beach adjacent to it such as States. They sometimes do it instead of Crystal's. You need to get on the Garden State Parkway and exit the Tilton Road exit. It's exit 36 I believe, but there are signs in case I'm wrong which says "Tilton Road." From there, you need to get to the Absecon Island. Your best bet is to follow Tilton Road, stop into a gas station and ask how to get to Margate, its pretty basic. From there, once you're in Margate, after the toll bridge, keep going straight until you hit Ventnor Ave. Take a left, make a right, get onto Atlantic Ave. and take it all the way down to Atlantic Ave. Once you're in A.C. get onto Pacific Ave. and just keep going straight... you'll eventually hit Mass. Ave beach. Park along the streets, and make sure you bring a backpack or something to hide your keys while on the beach... you'll need to lock your car. Submitted By: widdly@dandy.net 18th,19th,20th street This is a great spot during late spring thru late summer. When tides are low the skimming area is very wide, long and flat. Perfect for beginners and pros. And if the moon is at least half full there is a good chance that there will be a sand bar between the 2 jetties of 20th and 19th. When tides are high the skim area gets smaller but a lot steeper and the shore break is so big and rough. And if the weather is crappy, the break gets dangerous but all the better skimming. Suggest pros or experienced skimmers only. Get on route 72 from the NJ state parkway. Go over the bridge to LBI. Go straight until you reach Fisherman's HQ(which is the best fishing shop in the southern NJ area),then make a left at that light. Go straight until you reach Surf City bathing beach then turn right and go straight until you reach the boulevard. Then make a left and read the street signs to find 19th street. Submitted By: QuiksilverLBI@cs.com Rambler Ave. / In Front of Life headquarters Waves are best when the tides are either going up or down on high tide. Best month early June and late May. Life guards are very annoying so go in between them and pretend you can’t hear their whistles. If you go you will most likely see two locals Mike Cangi and Dave Brodeur. They are without a doubt the best their, say hi they are pretty cool. The waves break far out but at high tide there is a ill sand bar so you can reach the waves. And all spectators will ask you what it is called so just act like they are not being a pain. From Reo Grand bridge follow park blvd. to 7200 block turn left on Ramblar go straight. Park your car put quarters in the meter get out and start riding. Enjoy.
Submitted By:
MiniMoss18@Mosszone.com
Ortley Beach South This beach is definitely the best in all of New Jersey. At high tide the shore is at a perfect angle, allowing you to boost both your speed and your control. The breaks usually are huge and give a lot of riding time. At low tide the beach if completely flat for about 50 yards and covered in an inch of water. Beyond those 50 yards the breaks are much like high tide and if you ride them into shore you often run into a wave that has bounced off of shore and you can catch some air! Get off the NJ parkway at rout 37 and take it across the Seaside bridge...you will hit a u turn and follow that until you hit an intersection. Turn left and travel approx. 1/4 of a mile and make another right and travel until you hit the beach and skim away!! Submitted By: betta285@msn.com Roosevelt Ave., Deal Pump House, Sewage Beach Best at high tide for wave riding, and good for
sand skimming at low, your best bet is to skim the immediate leftsides
of both jetties, where it can get steep, at the south end of sewage, by
the pier, and to the left of the stairs on the left side of pump house.
It is really versatile, due to the runoff stream that runs into the
break, which is a really cool ride because you can use the flow of the
water to propel you faster and longer, and if you use your edges, you
can turn through the winds. It’s a public beach and it never gets
crowds, but the Benny’s from Philips Ave can get in the way so we just
make fun of them. Submitted By: psychobanana1122@yahoo.com The Cove "Marcsillywacks" home break. A sick point break style wave that gets really good for surfing. It is Chris Mar whatevers home break so go there and cut him off, cause he's a goober, and can only skim backside because the Cove is the only place he skims. From the South: take exit 105 and stay South on 36
until the end where you will hit Ocean Ave. Hook a left and follow this
road all the way to the end before a curve onto a big bridge. At this
point, veer right into Sandy Hook National Park and it is the second
beach on your right after you pay.(C Beach) From the North: take exit 117(not 117a)and go South on 36. Follow 36 for a while until you go over a pretty big bridge..get in the right lane and follow it around the ramp. You are now entering Sandy Hook National Park and the cove is the second beach on your right after you pay.(C beach) Submitted By: luckydecks1741@yahoo.com Touched up by: Steve the tool man Taylor. y.d.b.
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