Is there surf in Asbury Park?

Wiki never hurts for more technical info

 

Yup. There is surf there, as long as there is a swell rolling through.

 

Yeah there are defenatly waves in asbury. I live on 6th ave. myslef. I go to the 7th ave. beach or 8th ave. which is the surfing beach. There are only crowds on the weekend.

 

no theres only syringes, aids, drugs and homeless black men going on at those breaks... don't surf asbury!

 

yea you're actually wrong...crime and such is down in asbury over the last couple years...and regardless of how the inner asbury city is...the beach is beautiful and the waves are solid

 

Its beautiful because everyone thinks that way. Don't tell them (it'll change)

 

yea good call ha... let them think its bad...

 

haha so true.

 

No brah....you are actually wrong....asbury is still the 5hit hole it was years ago. I live there i know. Crime is still here. My GF sister just got held up with a knife to her neck last week. Serious too i'm not even joking.... The guy jumped in her car as she was leaving work and told her to drive him to the boardwalk in asbury. Lucky enough she is ok and the guy got caught and is in jail. People get shot in broad day light in asbury. When it's dark...don't walk the streets.

To the OP.....As for surfing asbury has some good spots....one in particular. "the pipe" my favorite....just get to the empress hotel....don't go in tho unless you are gay. the break in front of the hotel fires. you will see the sewage pipe....yes sewage...dirty jerz. what can i say?

the beach is still a 5hit hole too.....how can you say it's beautiful? Yes they are re-building the boardwalk. But, lets face it Asbury is Asbury. Same people.... same vibes...maybe it looks a little dif but it's still the same old Asbury.

 

asbury is a sh1t hole, the casino skatepark was the best thing going and that got shut down 10 years ago I surf there when its crowded everywhere else, had some epic sessions

 

let them think its bad is right! more waves for me and less for the kooks

 

yeah asbury is still a ****hole. my buddies rear window on his car got smashed out one day. also this one kid got stabbed and has hepatitis c now because he just wanted to check the waves. Same ol' ****hole

 

I def. agree that there are a lot of shady characters in asbury. I don't know if any of you have heard about madison marquette rebuilding the boardwalk and some of the area around it. They are putting a lot of up scale retail such as clothing stores and places to eat. At the moment the city is still not a great area but within 5-10 years alot of the people who cause the crime and things could be driven out due to higher prices and upscale living.

The surf is still pretty solid regardless.

 

I lived in AP on 3rd ave by comstock from the time I was born until i was 11 and it was time for middle school (parents thought it might be in my best interest to get me out of the school district). East of kingsley and cookman may apprear to be nice and sweet with all the new shops and restruants but lincoln village, springwood, and bangs ave. are not going anywhere. There still is alot of crime granted the police have stepped up patrols along ocean ave and cookman to keep the out of town clients(money) safe. The city is going to need alot of time to completely turn around propably another 25 years. That will most people enough time to forget about the '68 riots and if the redevelopment continues and the developer does not go bankrubt(work already stopped on the espenansa) on the same ocean ave property that the last developer did in '84. Most families are going to aviod buying there because of the school district and crime rate.

 

yeah., dude you hit the head on the nail. At least 25 years if not more...haha like you said springwood and bangs will never change. Also the Esperanza big multi million dollar condos going up. But who's buying? Noone! Nobody want's to live in a nice condo surrounded by poverty. School district is a joke too.

OP - If you need a place to live....check out some surrounding towns that border AP. You may find a gem. Otherwise you have been warned.

 

the crown jewel of the jersey shore

they should start with paving the ocean ave road its like driving through a minefield, i've always wondered what the surf is like in asbury and that's all i've ever done, its probably safer to park by 8th ave and just walk down the beach next to the water with syringe protecting booties and a knife at least thats the vibe i get when ive driven through there. . .asbury used to be really nice until the riots and the deinstintutionalizing of the mentally ill right? there must be an interesting history

 

Yeah, I forgot about that when marlboro mental closed it had a great effect on the AP community. I belive that happen shortly after we moved out i believe in '88. As a kid growing up there you don't recongize the situation your in until you move out and see that things that happen in AP are no longer acceptable in other locations.

 

Yeah most of them moved to Ocean Grove/Asbury after Marlboro closed down...and some are still here.. It's creepy sometimes seeing these people walk the streets. They are like zombies.