8th Street Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

8th Street Jetty in New Jersey is a fairly exposed beach/Jetty break that has very reliable surf and works all around the year. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the northeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. It's often crowded here. Watch out for rips,pipes.

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Overall 8th Street Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see 8th Street Jetty surf quality by season and 8th Street Jetty surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to 8th Street Jetty:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	5th Street	2 mi
Second closest break	Ocean City 14th 15th St	2 mi
Third closest break	12th Street Jetty	2 mi
Fourth closest break	55th Street Pier	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Ocean City - 7th Street	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to 8th Street Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	Brant Beach Buoy	32 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Delaware Bay Buoy	55 mi
Third closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	91 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Patapsco Buoy	96 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	103 mi
Tide stations nearest to 8th Street Jetty:
Closest tide station	Beesleys Point, Great Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Beesleys Point, New Jersey	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Ocean City, 9th Street Bridge, New Jersey	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Middle Thorofare, Ocean Drive bridge, Corson Inlet,	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Middle Thorofare, Ocean Drive bridge, New Jersey	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to 8th Street Jetty:
Closest ski area	Spring Mountain Ski Area (United States)	86 mi
Second closest ski area	Bear Creek Ski Area (United States)	101 mi
Third closest ski area	Blue Marsh (United States)	109 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Blue Mountain Ski Area (United States)	119 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Shawnee Mt (United States)	126 mi
Town and city forecasts close to 8th Street Jetty:
Closest city location	Ocean City (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Somers Point (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Longport (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Linwood (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Margate City (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to 8th Street Jetty is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to 8th Street Jetty is Cape May Co (Wildwood) Airport (WWD), also in USA, 38 km (24 miles) away.
• Third is Millville Muni Airport (MIV) in USA, 42 km (26 miles) away.
• Dover Afb Airport (DOV) in USA is 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Mc Guire Afb (Wrightstown) Airport (WRI), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to 8th Street Jetty and is 85 km (53 miles) away.