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Surf spot guide · NYC Tri-State, United States
South Fork jetty beachbreak in East Hampton with steep, sand-bottom rights when the bars line up.
Georgia, locally known as Georgica, is the East Hampton jetty break sitting just west of Main Beach on Long Island's South Fork. Sand piles up against the rock groynes and shapes punchy peaks, with the cleanest rights forming on the east side of the jetties when banks build through autumn. Faces are steep and run shallow over a sand bottom, with occasional boils and flat sections rather than true barrels, and the wave backs off once swell pushes much past head-high. SW groundswell is the prime ingredient, though the spot also pulls in E and SE windswell through hurricane season. A NW offshore grooms the faces in autumn and winter. Access is straight off the public sand at Georgica Beach, with a paid town lot that fills early and tight summer parking enforcement. Lineup tends to bunch on the better jetty bank, with Main Beach and East Hampton Beach as nearby fall-back options when this peak is too crowded or maxed out.
Steep sand peaks against the jetties, cleanest on the east side come autumn.
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Consistently busy, with locals, weekenders out from NYC, and surf-school traffic all stacking onto the favoured jetty peak through summer and autumn. Crowds thin in winter when the cold and bigger swells filter the lineup.
Hamptons jetty grind
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Open Amagansett beachbreak with shifting sandbars that occasionally fires on winter S swells.
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Forgiving sand-bottom beachbreak fronting Hither Hills State Park campground in Montauk, the easy summer pick on Long Island's South Fork.
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Jetty-fed right on the east side of Shinnecock Inlet, peeling longer on SW swells with hollow SE wedges.
+6 MORE →Hunt the bank on the east side of the jetties where sand stacks up after autumn storms
Time bigger SW groundswells before the spot maxes out around head-high
Score it on a NW offshore in autumn and winter for the cleanest faces
Roll in early or off-peak in summer to deal with the paid lot and resident enforcement
Slide down to Main Beach or East Hampton Beach if the jetty bank is closing out
HAZARDS · KNOW BEFORE YOU PADDLE
Public access from Georgica Beach in East Hampton with a paid town car park. Lifeguarded in season with restrooms and showers; parking is tightly enforced and considered difficult and expensive, so plan around resident sticker hours.
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