Tides / New Jersey / Monmouth County / Long Branch
Long Branch
Tide station
NOAA station Long Branch (fishing pier) in Monmouth 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 Deal, Long Branch (fishing pier), Oakhurst, and West Long Branch. 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 Long Branch. 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 7:07 AM and sunset is 6:15 PM. The tides are a low of 1.3 ft at 5:05 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 11:51 AM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 6:02 PM. The low at 6:02 PM is 13 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers, 77°F, wind 10 to 15 mph S.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 3.7 ft at 12:30 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 5:49 AM, a high of 4.3 ft at 12:44 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 7:00 PM. The low at 5:49 AM is 80 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:00 PM is 47 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 20 mph NW. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a high of 3.6 ft at 1:24 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 6:52 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 1:36 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 8:05 PM. The low at 6:52 AM is 18 minutes before sunrise. The low at 8:05 PM is 113 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 10 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:11 PM. The tides are a high of 3.6 ft at 2:16 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 8:09 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 2:28 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 9:05 PM. The low at 8:09 AM is 58 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 5 to 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 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:09 PM. The tides are a high of 3.8 ft at 3:09 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 9:16 AM, a high of 4.3 ft at 3:22 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 9:56 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 63°F, wind 5 to 10 mph N.
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
- 12:41 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:38 PM to 6:32 PM
- Sunset
- 6:15 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:32 PM to 6:42 PM
- Dusk
- 6:42 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:14 PM
- Last light
- 7:45 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 7 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:10 PM
- Moonset
- 9:58 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
- Public Boat Ramp3.3 mi
- Municipal Boat Launch5.2 mi
Marinas
- Navesink Marina3.3 mi
- Angler's Marina3.6 mi
- Coversail Marina3.7 mi
- Carriage House Marina3.8 mi
- Shrewsbury River Yacht Club5.3 mi
- Barnacle Bills Marina5.4 mi
Beaches
- Allenhurst Beach Club4.8 mi
- Loch Arbour Village Beach Club5.0 mi
- Navesink Beach6.0 mi
- Highlands Beach6.3 mi
- Beach B7.2 mi
- Gravelly Point Beach · private7.3 mi
Parks
- Garfield Parkunder 0.1 mi
- Festival Plaza0.1 mi
- The Great Lawn0.3 mi
- Jerry Morgan Park0.5 mi
- Slocum Park0.8 mi
- Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Bellhaven Nature Area6.3 mi
- Hartshorne Woods Park6.4 mi
- Huber Woods County Park6.4 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Monmouth Beach1.8 mi · Monmouth County
- Gooseneck Point2.7 mi · Monmouth County
- Sea Bright4.3 mi · Monmouth County
- Rumson5.5 mi · Monmouth County
- Red Bank5.9 mi · Monmouth County
- Highlands6.5 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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