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30th Street/Ship Bottom in New Jersey is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the west. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. Waves at the beach break both left and right. When it's working here, it can get crowded.

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Overall 30th Street/Ship Bottom 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 30th Street/Ship Bottom surf quality by season and 30th Street/Ship Bottom 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 30th Street/Ship Bottom

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to 30th Street/Ship Bottom:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	711	1 mi
Second closest break	LBI Long Beach Island	2 mi
Third closest break	Lbi 82st	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Cape May Avenue	4 mi
Fifth closest break	Harvey Cedars	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to 30th Street/Ship Bottom:
Closest wave buoy	Brant Beach Buoy	2 mi
Second closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	57 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	68 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Texas Tower Buoy	85 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Delaware Bay Buoy	86 mi
Tide stations nearest to 30th Street/Ship Bottom:
Closest tide station	Manahawkin Drawbridge, Manahawkin Bay, New Jersey	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Beach Haven Crest, Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Manahawkin Creek, Manahawkin Bay, New Jersey	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Beach Haven Crest, New Jersey	2 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Mill Creek, 1 n.mi. above entrance, Little Egg Harb	3 mi
Ski Resorts closest to 30th Street/Ship Bottom:
Closest ski area	Spring Mountain Ski Area (United States)	83 mi
Second closest ski area	Bear Creek Ski Area (United States)	95 mi
Third closest ski area	Campgaw Mountain (United States)	98 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sterling Forest Ski Center (United States)	107 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Shawnee Mt (United States)	108 mi
Town and city forecasts close to 30th Street/Ship Bottom:
Closest city location	Ship Bottom (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Surf City (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Beach Haven West (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	North Beach Haven (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Manahawkin (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to 30th Street/Ship Bottom is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in USA, 39 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to 30th Street/Ship Bottom is Lakehurst Naes Airport (NEL), also in USA, 46 km (29 miles) away.
• Third is Mc Guire Afb (Wrightstown) Airport (WRI) in USA, 55 km (34 miles) away.
• Millville Muni Airport (MIV) in USA is 82 km (51 miles) away.
• Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to 30th Street/Ship Bottom and is 86 km (53 miles) away.