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Long Beach Island / Great Bay

Tommy Nguyen
Tommy Nguyen
Zone Writer
Tommy Nguyen grew up stocking shelves in his family's bait shop near Ship Bottom and reading LBI's sandbars like other kids read comic books. He's the island's new-school surf technician — drone shots of the cuts, a plug bag organized like a surgeon's tray, and the first report every March when Graveling Point wakes up.
Long Beach Island / Great Bay

New moon springs push LBI fluke into the inlets — kingfish show in the surf

Big tides Friday through Monday are moving bait through Little Egg and Barnegat, and the fluke and whiting are following it.

Tommy NguyenJul 10, 2026
Long Beach Island / Great Bay

Fluke slide into the inlets as Great Bay water climbs past 78, dawn surf holds the bass and blues

New moon springs building through the weekend should tighten up the drift at Little Egg and put some current back in Barnegat Inlet — here's where I'd spend the tide.

Tommy NguyenJul 8, 2026