Tides / New Jersey / Middlesex County / South Amboy
South Amboy
Tide station
NOAA station South Amboy 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. NOAA adjusts this prediction from Sandy Hook.
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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 South Amboy. 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.
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 4.3 ft at 12:52 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 6:33 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 1:06 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 7:44 PM. The low at 6:33 AM is 37 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:44 PM is 90 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 54°F, wind 20 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
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 4.2 ft at 1:46 AM, a low of 1.9 ft at 7:36 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 1:58 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 8:49 PM. The low at 7:36 AM is 25 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 5 mph NE.
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 4.2 ft at 2:38 AM, a low of 1.9 ft at 8:53 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 2:50 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 9:49 PM. The low at 8:53 AM is 101 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 10 mph NE.
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 4.4 ft at 3:31 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 10:00 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 3:44 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 10:40 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 64°F, wind 10 mph N.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 79% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:09 PM. The tides are a high of 4.6 ft at 4:25 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 10:57 AM, a high of 5.1 ft at 4:40 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 11:25 PM. The high at 4:40 PM is 89 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 63°F, wind 10 to 15 mph NE.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:39 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:11 AM
- Dawn
- 6:43 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:43 AM to 6:53 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:53 AM to 7:48 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:10 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:42 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:37 PM to 6:31 PM
- Sunset
- 6:14 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:31 PM to 6:42 PM
- Dusk
- 6:42 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:13 PM
- Last light
- 7:45 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 4 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:56 PM
- Moonset
- 10:58 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 · fee5.5 mi
Marinas
- Wagner's Marina5.3 mi
- Brown's Point Marina5.3 mi
- Seaboard Marina5.3 mi
- Hans Pederson & Sons Marina5.5 mi
- Keyport Yacht Club5.7 mi
- Brown's Point Marine Service6.2 mi
Beaches
- Robinsons Beach2.5 mi
- Krogh Beach2.9 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach3.0 mi
- Seidler Beach3.5 mi
- Seidler's Beach3.9 mi
- Cliffwood Beach4.2 mi
Parks
- Hybrid Oak Woods Park2.7 mi
- Aesop Park3.0 mi
- Long Pond Park3.2 mi
- Old Bridge Waterfront Park3.2 mi
- Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park4.0 mi
- Pleasant Plains Plaza4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Butler Manor Woods3.1 mi
- North Mount Loretto State Forest3.5 mi
- Mount Loretto Unique Area3.6 mi
- Mill Creek Bluebelt3.7 mi
- Bloesser's Pond4.2 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt4.3 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Keasbey1.9 mi · Middlesex County
- Laurence Harbor2.7 mi · Middlesex County
- Sewaren3.8 mi · Middlesex County
- Sayreville4.0 mi · Middlesex County
- Port Reading4.8 mi · Middlesex County
- Cliffwood Beach5.2 mi · Monmouth 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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