Tides / New Jersey / Middlesex County / South River
South River
Tide station
NOAA station Old Bridge, South River 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 East Brunswick, Helmetta, Old Bridge, and Spotswood.
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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 River. 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.
Thursday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 19% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. The tides are a low of 1.2 ft at 5:25 AM, a high of 5.4 ft at 12:17 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 6:48 PM. The low at 5:25 AM is 103 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:48 PM is 30 minutes after sunset.
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 4.3 ft at 12:35 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 5:45 AM, a high of 5.1 ft at 1:09 PM, and a low of 1.7 ft at 7:36 PM. The low at 5:45 AM is 84 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:36 PM is 80 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 78°F, wind 5 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 6:15 PM. The tides are a high of 4.2 ft at 1:40 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 6:21 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 2:06 PM, and a low of 1.8 ft at 8:36 PM. The low at 6:21 AM is 49 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 10 to 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 4.2 ft at 2:40 AM, a low of 1.9 ft at 7:13 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 3:01 PM, and a low of 1.7 ft at 9:41 PM. The low at 7:13 AM is 2 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Patchy Frost then Sunny, 57°F, wind 0 to 5 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 4.5 ft at 3:34 AM, a low of 1.9 ft at 8:49 AM, a high of 5.1 ft at 3:52 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 10:37 PM. The low at 8:49 AM is 97 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 63°F, wind 0 to 5 mph N.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:37 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:09 AM
- Dawn
- 6:40 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:40 AM to 6:51 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:51 AM to 7:45 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:43 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:41 PM to 6:35 PM
- Sunset
- 6:18 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:35 PM to 6:46 PM
- Dusk
- 6:46 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:17 PM
- Last light
- 7:49 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 10 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:22 PM
- Moonset
- 9:05 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.
Marinas
- Seaboard Marina7.8 mi
- Wagner's Marina7.9 mi
Beaches
- Laurence Harbor Beach6.8 mi
- Seidler Beach7.3 mi
- Seidler's Beach7.5 mi
- Cliffwood Beach7.9 mi
Parks
- Geick Park4.9 mi
- Lakeridge Recreation Area5.5 mi
- Midland Park6.7 mi
- Wickatunk Recreation Area6.7 mi
- Lake Lefferts Lakeside Park6.8 mi
- Glassworks Park6.8 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Sayreville4.3 mi · Middlesex County
- Laurence Harbor5.4 mi · Middlesex County
- New Brunswick6.2 mi · Middlesex County
- South Amboy6.7 mi · Middlesex County
- Keasbey6.9 mi · Middlesex County
- Cliffwood Beach7.7 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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