Tides / New Jersey / Middlesex County / Laurence Harbor
Laurence Harbor
Tide station
NOAA station Cheesequake Creek, Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Brownville, Cheesequake Creek, and Madison Park.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Laurence Harbor. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 4.4 ft at 12:04 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 6:10 AM, a high of 5.2 ft at 12:19 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 7:03 PM. The low at 6:10 AM is 59 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:03 PM is 47 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 78°F, wind 10 to 15 mph S. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 4.2 ft at 12:53 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 6:55 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 1:08 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 8:00 PM. The low at 6:55 AM is 15 minutes before sunrise. The low at 8:00 PM is 106 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 15 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 4.1 ft at 1:49 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 8:00 AM, a high of 4.8 ft at 2:03 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 9:05 PM. The low at 8:00 AM is 49 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 57°F, wind 5 to 10 mph NW.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a high of 4.1 ft at 2:51 AM, a low of 1.8 ft at 9:17 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 3:05 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 10:04 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 62°F, wind 5 mph NW.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:10 PM. The tides are a high of 4.2 ft at 3:54 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 10:20 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 4:07 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 10:53 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 66°F, wind 0 to 5 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:38 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:10 AM
- Dawn
- 6:42 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:42 AM to 6:52 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:46 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:09 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:43 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:38 PM to 6:32 PM
- Sunset
- 6:15 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:32 PM to 6:43 PM
- Dusk
- 6:43 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:15 PM
- Last light
- 7:46 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 6 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:12 PM
- Moonset
- 9:59 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- Richard W. Bergen Jr. Boat Ramp · fee3.9 mi
Marinas
- Seaboard Marina3.3 mi
- Wagner's Marina3.3 mi
- Brown's Point Marina3.4 mi
- Hans Pederson & Sons Marina3.6 mi
- Keyport Yacht Club4.1 mi
- Brown's Point Marine Service4.3 mi
Beaches
- Laurence Harbor Beach1.5 mi
- Seidler Beach2.0 mi
- Seidler's Beach2.3 mi
- Cliffwood Beach2.8 mi
- Robinsons Beach3.8 mi
- Krogh Beach4.2 mi
Parks
- Old Bridge Waterfront Park1.7 mi
- Midland Park2.2 mi
- Glassworks Park2.4 mi
- Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park2.5 mi
- Guisti Park2.5 mi
- Aberdeen Veterans Memorial Park2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Butler Manor Woods4.4 mi
- Mount Loretto Unique Area4.7 mi
- North Mount Loretto State Forest5.1 mi
- Mill Creek Bluebelt5.4 mi
- Bloesser's Pond5.5 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt5.7 mi
Nearby tide stations
- South Amboy2.7 mi · Middlesex County
- Cliffwood Beach3.2 mi · Monmouth County
- Keasbey4.3 mi · Middlesex County
- Sayreville4.7 mi · Middlesex County
- South River5.4 mi · Middlesex County
- Sewaren6.4 mi · Middlesex County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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