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Kitesurfing in New Jersey

6 spots · 1 destination · 4 schools

New Jersey kiting centers on Barnegat Bay's shallow flat water at Seaside Park and 25th Street LBI, plus Lakes Bay behind Atlantic City, called very beginner friendly on SW wind.

Spots with a rule5a permit, a zone or a closed season in the recordBeginner spots2where the record says a beginner can rideSeasonMay to Octobersomewhere in the regionWindsFrontal windsnamed by two or more of its spots

Sandy Hook Bayside on Raritan Bay is the state's most popular bay-side launch, best on NW, while North Brigantine's inlet current and Higbee Beach's fall-winter NW/W setup are strictly advanced ground.

New Jersey holds 6 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 1 destination. Riding here is mostly flat water and waves. The season runs May to October. 2 of them suits beginners. 4 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Lakes Bay & North Brigantine.

When you may ride

the rules these spots carry, with the year on each

25th Street LBILong Beach Island / Barnegat Bay20262026: the Long Beach Township beach code bans flying kites or other objects in protected bathing areas under lifeguard supervision, and kiteboarding is not permitted in New Jersey lifeguard areas.
2026: the Long Beach Township beach code bans flying kites or other objects in protected bathing areas under lifeguard supervision, and kiteboarding is not permitted in New Jersey lifeguard areas.

The whole rule, on the 25th Street LBI page

Lakes BayAtlantic City / Lakes Bay20262026 LBRA rules: a kite safety leash at all times, no jumping or hot-dogging within 200 feet of the beach, no loitering in the launch and landing area with a kite overhead, windsurfers and kayakers launch upwind of kiters, and a launching kiter has right of way over an incoming one.
2026 LBRA rules:
  • a kite safety leash at all times,
  • no jumping or hot-dogging within 200 feet of the beach,
  • no loitering in the launch and landing area with a kite overhead,
  • windsurfers and kayakers launch upwind of kiters,
  • and a launching kiter has right of way over an incoming one.

The whole rule, on the Lakes Bay page

North BrigantineBrigantine Inlet2026has a date window2026: North Brigantine Natural Area is closed to vehicles from 15 May to 15 September to protect piping plover and other nesting shorebirds, and posted habitat closures move the usable beach within the season.
2026: North Brigantine Natural Area is closed to vehicles from 15 May to 15 September to protect piping plover and other nesting shorebirds, and posted habitat closures move the usable beach within the season.

The whole rule, on the North Brigantine page

Sandy Hook BaysideSandy Hook / Raritan Bay2026has a date window2026: under the Gateway National Recreation Area superintendent's compendium, kiteboarding is allowed except within 650 feet of a posted shorebird nesting area or of a lifeguarded swimming beach.
2026: under the Gateway National Recreation Area superintendent's compendium, kiteboarding is allowed except within 650 feet of a posted shorebird nesting area or of a lifeguarded swimming beach.

The whole rule, on the Sandy Hook Bayside page

Seaside Park (Bayside)Barnegat Bay, Ocean County20262026: rigging on the Island Beach State Park marsh area is prohibited and riders may be fined.
2026: rigging on the Island Beach State Park marsh area is prohibited and riders may be fined.

The whole rule, on the Seaside Park (Bayside) page

Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.

The winds here

what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote

Frontal winds

named by 2 spots here

No spot record quotes a knot range against this wind by name.

Destinations in New Jersey

Lakes Bay & North Brigantinebeginner-friendlygear rentalmid-range2 spots · 4 schools

All spots in New Jersey

25th Street LBIbay · beginner okHigbee BeachoceanLakes Baybay · beginner okNorth BrigantineoceanSandy Hook BaysidebaySeaside Park (Bayside)flat/chop

Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.

Last updated September 2026