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The South Jetty in New Jersey is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has reliable surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the northwest with some shelter here from south winds. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break favours right handers. Best around mid tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall The South 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 The South Jetty surf quality by season and The South Jetty surf quality by month.

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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 The South Jetty

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The South Jetty:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	38th St Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	The Jetty 1	1 mi
Third closest break	Crystals	2 mi
Fourth closest break	The Castle	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Castles	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The South Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	Brant Beach Buoy	19 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Delaware Bay Buoy	66 mi
Third closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	77 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	88 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Texas Tower Buoy	97 mi
Tide stations nearest to The South Jetty:
Closest tide station	Absecon Channel, State Route 87 bridge, New Jersey	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Atlantic City (Steel Pier), New Jersey	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Atlantic City (Steel Pier), New Jersey (2)	2 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Atlantic City (Steel Pier), New Jersey (3) (expired	2 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The South Jetty:
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)	111 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Campgaw Mountain (United States)	116 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Blue Mountain Ski Area (United States)	117 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The South Jetty:
Closest city location	Atlantic City (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Brigantine (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Ventnor City (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Absecon (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Margate City (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to The South Jetty is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in USA, 18 km (11 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to The South Jetty is Millville Muni Airport (MIV), also in USA, 58 km (36 miles) away.
• Third is Cape May Co (Wildwood) Airport (WWD) in USA, 61 km (38 miles) away.
• Lakehurst Naes Airport (NEL) in USA is 72 km (45 miles) away.
• Mc Guire Afb (Wrightstown) Airport (WRI), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to The South Jetty and is 72 km (45 miles) away.