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Hamptons Magazine August 7,2009

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FLYING POINT SURF SCHOOL’S SHANE DYCKMAN SHARES HIS INSIDER TIPS ON WHERE TO CATCH THE EAST END’S BEST WAVES AND WHERE.

Most people don’t know it, but the Hamptons has some of the best surf on the East Coast. The East End of Long Island is a magnet for raw north Atlantic Ocean swell, and the Hamptons is a hidden gem filled with inlets, cuts, jetties, beach breaks, sandbars, bottoms and point breaks.
The July issue of Surfer Magazine rated Montauk number eight on its list of the top 10 surf towns in the country. That list also included towns in Hawaii and California, so I was thrilled to see that we were on it. With that in mind, here’s my guide to the best surf, sand and scenery the Hamptons has to offer to recover when back on land.