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Best Activities in Ocean City 2019

Each year OceanCity.com readers vote on the best of everything in Ocean City. We also have a panel of experts around Ocean City who pick their favorites based on local experiences, which we refer to as Editorโ€™s Choice. Click here for this year’s voting.

Whatever the weather and whatever your preferred form of entertainment, there’s always something to do in Ocean City. The bay is riddled with watersports for the adventurous vacationers, just as Coastal Highway is home to an abundance of mini-golf courses for those who prefer a more relaxed kind of fun. Whatever fun activities you choose to partake in, you’re sure to have a great time.

Best Fishing Charter

The Angler

If youโ€™re looking to reel in sea bass, cod, trout and everything else the Atlantic Ocean has to offer, sign up for one of the Anglerโ€™s Deep Sea Fishing Trips and set sail on their 65-foot fiber glass party boat with your fishing rod in hand. If youโ€™re looking for more of a scenic adventure, their Nature Cruise will take you around Assateague Island to see the ponies and waterfowl, and the Evening Scenic Cruise treats boaters to a trip around the bay as the sun sets.

Runner-up: Happy Hooker

Editor’s Choice: Judith M

Best Mini Golf

Old Pro
At Old Pro you can play a game of golf through any era, including the Jurassic.

Old Pro Golf

Since 1965, Old Pro has been treating golfers of every age to fun, challenging games at all four of their locations. Fuel your imagination with whatever your heart desires, whether that be underwater, safari, Renaissance castle, dragon, dinosaur or pirate-themed courses. Youโ€™ve seen all of Old Proโ€™s fantasy sculptures every time you drive down Coastal Highway – the dinosaurs donโ€™t bite, so why not get to know them a little?

Runner-up: Lost Treasure Golf 

Editor’s Choice: Nick’s Mini Golf

Best Parasailing

Paradise Watersports

Feel the wind in your hair as you watch the waves move beneath your feet. Paradise Watersports will take you up in the air on their parasails, where you’ll get a birds-eye view of dolphins, sea turtles, Assateague’s wild ponies and the most beautiful views you can imagine of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. You can even choose your own height — but of course, the higher you go, the better your view will be!

Runner-up: OC Parasail

Jet skiing is one of the best things you can do on a hot day in Ocean City.

Best Jet Skiing

Paradise Watersports

Open from May 1 to Sept. 24 each season, Paradise offers a premiere jet skiing experience in Ocean City (you know, to cool off after your parasailing expedition). Navigate the waters near Hooper’s Crab House at the foot of the Route 50 bridge where Paradise is located, reach top speeds and achieve the ultimate adrenaline rush on your Ocean City vacation. Your vacation isn’t a true adventure if you don’t jet ski at least once!

Runner-up: Odyssea Watersports

Editor’s Choice: Bayside Boat Rentals

Best Kayak Rental

48th Street Watersports

Located on the picturesque Isle of Wight Bay, 48th Street Watersports is one of the only places in Ocean City that offers kayak eco tours, where guides help you get on the water to catch an intimate glance at all the plant and animal life that lives in the bay. You can see diamondback terrapins, Maryland blue crabs, ospreys, egrets, horseshoe crabs, jellyfish and sometimes even stingrays and skates as you glide over the shallow waters of the bay.

Runner-up: Odyssea Watersports

Editor’s Choice: Ayers Creek Adventures

Best Surf Shop

Malibuโ€™s Surf Shop

Surfers rejoice at Malibuโ€™s Surf Shop, where you can find the best surf gear and boards that Ocean City has to offer. If youโ€™re new to surfing but looking to ride the waves, Malibuโ€™s offers private lessons every morning with seasoned instructors who are local to the Ocean City area. If you donโ€™t have a board of your own, Malibuโ€™s has rentals, too.

Runner-up: K-Coast Surf Shop

Editor’s Choice: Chauncey’s Surf Shop

Best Rainy Day

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 

When the rain starts pouring down and you’re seeking shelter near the Jolly Roger pier rides, head inside Ripley’s to be amazed by all their weird collections — a model of the world’s tallest man, shrunken heads and two-headed animals among them. The kids will be entertained for as long as their attention spans allow them. 

Runner-up: Fox Sun & Surf Cinema 

Editor’s Choice: Escape Rooms

All aboard the Odyssea pontoon!

Best Boat Rental

Odyssea Watersports

Not everyone is lucky enough to have their own boat tied up behind their beach house… That’s why you rent one from Odyssea Watersports. Odyssea offers pontoon boats that hold up to 12 passengers and deluxe pontoons that hold up to 14, available to rent for two, four, six and eight hours at a time. Bring a cooler full of drinks, or bar hop your way down the bay. Whatever you do, you’ll have a blast, especially if you opt to use the boats’ bluetooth speaker radios. Now it’s a party!

Runner-up: Bayside Boat Rentals

Editor’s Choice: OC Bay Hopper

Kristin
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Kristin is a writer and photographer in Ocean City, Maryland, and is the content manager for OceanCity.com and other State Ventures, LLC sites. She loves getting reader-submitted stories and photos, so send her an email anytime. She also works part-time at the Art League of Ocean City and the Ocean City Film Festival and lives just off the peninsula with her dog and fiancรฉ. Her photos can be found on Instagram @oc_kristin.

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