Thundering Surf Water Park

My husband took two of our children to this water park on a recent visit and they had a great time. They got the late day special, which is three hours for the price of two and enjoyed every moment of it. The park is not big, but it has enough to keep you busy for a few hours. It’s clean, has about six water slides, a lazy river and a splash zone. It was a nice change of pace from the beach. Of course, it’s a bit pricey, but worth it.

Always an amazing day! We buy the all day passes that the local elementary school sells as a fundraiser and it is worth every penny and more! My 10 year old loves the 6 water slides, the lazy river and the Flo Rider. My 3 year old goes crazy in the kiddie play area. There is plenty to do. The staff is always friendly and helpful. And then, after water fun we play 36 holes of mini golf followed by ice cream on the way out. If you haven’t tried this place yet, pack up the kids and spend a day. It’s a ton of fun and a nice alternative to the beach for a day.

Thundering Surf is a staple on our vacation checklist. Kids love this place one side is two different mini-​golf course — the Cave course and the Water course. Lots of fun twists and turns. Never boring! On the water slide side of the park kids love the slides. One thing I hate is that the one slide has a weight limit. This has created awkward moments in our group for teens that exceed the weight limit feeling sad because they can’t use the same slide due to exceeding the limit. Also I hate to say it but the women’s bathroom is usually really gross. The pool area at the end of the slide is very clean and there are always a number of lifeguards on hand to assist if needed and keep people moving to avoid being hit by the next rider. Check in could be a bit better laid out. Lines are always a mob scene and interfere with the traffic moving thru the lobby. Overall this place is a ton of fun that I would highly recommend!

Excellent course! Price is reasonable and the landscape is awesome. 18 holes with different levels of difficulty. Great date night activity

Mini golf price is outrageous! Holes are oddly difficult due to spacing-can’t get a good shot because there is nowhere to stand! The last hole ball just goes away-​rip off. North end of island is so much better!

Awesome water park! I go here with my family every year we go to LBI. The water slides are awesome! It’s a good thing they have slides for mellow and crazy riders. They have a great lazy river too! I suggest you should go here!

Always come here with my family and every time is great even with a big crowd the lines move fast and efficiently. Absolutely love the new addition of the FlowHouse always so much fun and the really take their time with the little kids. They also have really great ice cream!

This review omits the water park and, instead, focuses on the ice cream shop and mini golf.
We’ve been coming here for years. The mini golf is one of the best in LBI. The courses are creative and fun, with twists and turns over wooden bridges and under waterfall caverns. In fact, there are two separate paths you can take, making multiple visits worth it. The course is also well maintained and clean. It can get a little crowded, and suffers from the «people waiting right behind you» problem most other mini golf courses have.
The ice cream shop is fantastic! They have a standard array of flavors and toppings, and can do most anything you might want to order from an ice cream shop. What makes this place so unique (and the reason we come back) is that they serve Dippin’ Dots! Those little cryogenically frozen ice cream beads are hard to find. They serve not just one or two flavors, but an entire assortment of flavors. Our most recent visit was when they had the Kettle Corn flavor on special, which was a delicious sweet and salty mix. You can also expect the classic Dots flavors, such as Mint Chocolate Chip, Banana Split, and Cookies n Cream.
Parking can be a little difficult because of how crowded Bay Village and Fantasy Island can get, but once inside there is ample seating. Never tried the water park, but it looks like it might be fun if that’s your thing.

This is a review of the ice cream shop as I did not go into the water park part. The ice cream shop was really good they had a lot of flavors of ice cream as well as sizes and different cones. They also offered Italian ice as well as Dippin dots ice cream so if you want something cold and tasty you will find it here. I had the cotton candy ice cream and it is one of the best I have had a lot of flavor and little bits of chocolate chips that give it a different but good flavor. The staff was fast and efficient and the prices were not as jacked up as you would expect from a water park maybe 5 $ for a large ice cream bowl. Not bad at all.

We really liked the water park. They have a splash area and a lazy river for the little ones, and 6 different slides. There is a 2 hour time limit but that’s plenty of time. Plenty of life vests, supervision from lifeguards – if you have kids between the ages of 2 and 16 they will love it! Adults will have fun too

We stopped here on a weeks vacation to LBI and thought it looked pretty cool from the street. It sits in the village of Beach Haven near the Amusement Park and includes a mini golf course.
The place itself is crammed into this very small space and has 6 slides all with one stairwell leading through some shabby looking caves all the way to the top where 5 of the slides are for adults and one is for smaller kids. There is also a kiddie area with all sorts of spraying water and smaller slides plus the best part is this large lazy river that has intermittent water dumping from all sorts of spots onto you as you pass and spraying guns for people to shoot you. There is also a snack bar/​grill and a sitting area and the mini golf course wraps itself underneath the slides. This place also has a large surfing pool where if you wait in the longer lines, you can try your hand at the waves that are getting blown at you.
The issue with this place is the prices. We paid $ 84 bucks for three adults for just a two hour time period. This place being so small only offers a 2 or 3 hour period of time that you can ride the slides which is fine, but paying that price for a limited time period for this small a park is outrageous! You can go to Six Flags and pay 100 bucks for 3 and stay all day at their water park. Since this is the only water park on LBI, they got you in a tight spot. My suggestion, stick to the beach. It is two blocks away and all you pay for is a pass.

JUST FOR MINIATURE GOLF COURSE:
There were two different 18 hole golf courses that you could select from (you also had an option to play BOTH courses for an extra fee). The course was very clean and easy to navigate. It was very busy for a Wednesday at about 9pm. Definitely the best place for mini golf on the island by far!

This is only for the mini-​golf. Excellent! Really fun for kids and adults. The course was long (18 holes – we were kind of done after 12) and some of the holes were hard (we lost a ball for good in one), but the waterfalls were great and going up and down and around was fun. It was PACKED on a Wednesday night, and that made it less fun (people staring us down at every hole to get going), but I’m assuming it’s because it’s so much fun. Watching the flow rider thing before and after the course was also really fun.