This is an image we captured on a day forecasted to be too cloudy to skydive. 60% rain and thunderstorms… We jumped all day!

7/14/23

Weather Forecasts

First and foremost, don’t let the forecast scare you and make you avoid booking today. Choose the date that you want and hope for the best. That’s what we do! Weather.com, Google Weather, and AccuWeather will typically show a cloud and lighting bolt on almost every day of the summer. These types of forecasts displaying 30%-60% rain and cloud coverage can be spread out over the course of 24hrs, meaning, there is plenty of time to get your jumps in. The humidity on a hot day will be the culprit for future thunderstorms, but in the early hours of the morning and into the afternoon, there can be beautiful, billowing clouds that don’t pose any threat that we may be able to jump around and fly near. These are the conditions that skydivers dream about. Large towering clouds provide something relative to fall next to and can give you a sense of how fast you are actually going. When under parachute these same clouds provide seemingly endless caverns to fly through and next to. While we do have cloud clearance requirements set forth by the FAA, we can also meet these requirements while still providing you and ourselves with otherworldly memories that will last a lifetime. Remember that safety is our utmost priority and we will never put you, your friends and family, or ourselves in danger to make a jump. Having said that, our expertise and vigilant weather observations can help show you our shared planet in ways you can’t even imagine.

Don’t let the forecast bum you out. If it actually turns out to be bad weather, you simply pick another day and try again. We jump 7 days a week from April through October.

There’s plenty of time.

(and why they can deceive us)

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How much does it cost to skydive in New Jersey?

Let’s get straight to it; about 200 dollars; give or take.

You can see our Price List here.

But there’s even more to it than that if you add it all up.

First, there’s your time. You’ll spend time finding the right company to jump with. Then you have to wrangle your friends into agreeing to jump with you. Then you have to make the appointment. This all takes TIME. And your time is an added cost.

Speaking of time. There’s the potential to be rescheduled for bad weather. Skydiving is a highly, highly weather dependent sport. That means that if it’s too windy, too cloudy, too rainy -> You can’t jump and have to reschedule to another date. Rescheduling costs you even more time.

After all that, it sounds expensive, right? We don’t think so.

What would you pay for an experience that is essentially a miracle? When I say miracle, I don’t mean the divine type. I mean the fact that you’re a human and you’re going to ride in an airplane to over two miles in the sky and then jump out of it.

You’ll fall at over 120mph. Then a parachute will open, and you’ll fly like a bird.

That’s a freaking miracle if you ask me. And it’s priceless.

So to reiterate. The cost to make a skydive is about 200 dollars, plus a lot of your time. But the experience is priceless.

We can’t wait to see you at Garden State Skydiving.