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2025-04-28 11 39 52 View southwest along the beach just northeast of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Atlantic City. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Atlantic City

Kitesurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 1 kn
Gusts
2kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 3 kn
Gusts
4kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 11 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.4 mwaves
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
22°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
15°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
13°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 14 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Atlantic City
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 1 knot4knoffnot safechop15°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot2kncross-offchop18°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots4knsidechop19°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 6 knots10knside-on0.9 mwaves20°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south, 11 knots20knside-on1.4 mwaves18°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots10kncross-off1.1 mwaves22°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 7 knots14knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves15°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east, 7 knots12knside-on0.9 mwaves13°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 9 knots19knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves12°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the west, 11 knots20kncross-off0.8 mwaves13°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 00:55 +0.5 mLow 06:53 −0.5 mHigh 13:19 +0.8 mLow 19:52 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:04 +0.5 mLow 08:04 −0.5 mHigh 14:25 +0.7 mLow 20:51 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 03:07 +0.6 mLow 09:11 −0.5 mHigh 15:27 +0.7 mLow 21:44 −0.6 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

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Photos of Atlantic City

2025-04-28 11 39 17 View northeast along the beach at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sand sculpture world cup - panoramio
Photo: Frank Havenot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Atlantic City

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.1 km out (1 in 313). The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 24°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Atlantic City. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$953–US$1,710 each

about US$953–US$1,710 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PHL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$154–US$315
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$302–US$503
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Totalabout US$953–US$1,710

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Atlantic City

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Atlantic City

about 5 min by car · 87 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

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About Atlantic City its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 5h 40m

About 5h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PHL, direct, then 1h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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