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Margate Pier in New Jersey is an exposed beach/Pier break that has very consistent waves. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Watch out for rips,crowds nr jetty.

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Overall Margate Pier 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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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - New Jersey surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Margate Pier

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Margate Pier:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	36th Street	1 mi
Second closest break	Great Egg Harbor Inlet Longport	1 mi
Third closest break	Ventnor Pier	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Waverly	2 mi
Fifth closest break	North Street	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Margate Pier:
Closest wave buoy	Brant Beach Buoy	27 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Delaware Bay Buoy	60 mi
Third closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	85 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	97 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Patapsco Buoy	101 mi
Tide stations nearest to Margate Pier:
Closest tide station	Longport (inside), Great Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jers	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Dock Thorofare, Risley Channel, New Jersey	3 mi
Third closest tide station	Ventnor City, ocean pier, New Jersey	3 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Ocean City, 9th Street Bridge, New Jersey	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Steelmanville, Patcong Ck., 2.5 n.mi. above ent, Gr	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Margate Pier:
Closest ski area	Spring Mountain Ski Area (United States)	86 mi
Second closest ski area	Bear Creek Ski Area (United States)	100 mi
Third closest ski area	Blue Marsh (United States)	109 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Blue Mountain Ski Area (United States)	117 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Campgaw Mountain (United States)	122 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Margate Pier:
Closest city location	Longport (United States)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Margate City (United States)	1 mi
Third closest city location	Linwood (United States)	3 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ventnor City (United States)	3 mi
Fifth closest city location	Ocean City (United States)	4 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Margate Pier is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in USA, 17 km (11 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Margate Pier is Cape May Co (Wildwood) Airport (WWD), also in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away.
• Third is Millville Muni Airport (MIV) in USA, 48 km (30 miles) away.
• Mc Guire Afb (Wrightstown) Airport (WRI) in USA is 79 km (49 miles) away.
• Lakehurst Naes Airport (NEL), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Margate Pier and is 82 km (51 miles) away.