Ocean City Tide Chart

Ocean City is classic South Jersey: a barrier island with clean surf on the ocean side and Corson’s Inlet at the south end doing the heavy lifting for inshore fish.

What runs when

• Summer flounder (fluke): May through September, the marquee fish — drift the inlet and channel edges, or jig the wash on the surf.
• Bluefish: spring and fall blitzes in the wash; they’ll hit anything that flashes.
• Weakfish: late spring and fall in the back bay, around creek mouths on the falling tide.
• Striped bass: fall migration, October-November, on the jetties at dawn.

Where to cast

Corson’s Inlet on the last of the outgoing is the local answer for fluke and blues. The surf between 8th and 34th Streets fishes best at first light on a rising tide.

Tide timing here

Inlet current rules: fluke want a moderate drift — the first two hours of the ebb. This page’s daily fishing window overlaps the pre-high push; pair it with the ebb start you can read right off the tide chips above.

Rules to know

NJ saltwater registry (free) required; fluke slot limits change annually. Check NJ Fish & Wildlife marine regulations before your season.