Tides / New Jersey / Monmouth County / Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook
Tide station
NOAA station Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock 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.
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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 Sandy Hook. 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 7:07 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a low of 1.0 ft at 5:05 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 11:28 AM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 5:51 PM. The low at 5:51 PM is 25 minutes before 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 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:15 PM. The tides are a high of 4.1 ft at 12:02 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 5:41 AM, a high of 4.8 ft at 12:17 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 6:38 PM. The low at 5:41 AM is 87 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:38 PM is 23 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers, 75°F, wind 15 to 20 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 3.9 ft at 12:56 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 6:25 AM, a high of 4.6 ft at 1:10 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 7:36 PM. The low at 6:25 AM is 44 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:36 PM is 83 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 20 to 25 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a high of 3.8 ft at 1:50 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 7:28 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 2:02 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 8:41 PM. The low at 7:28 AM is 18 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 5 to 15 mph NW.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:10 PM. The tides are a high of 3.9 ft at 2:42 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 8:45 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 2:54 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 9:41 PM. The low at 8:45 AM is 94 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 61°F, wind 5 to 10 mph NE.
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
- 5:36 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:08 AM
- Dawn
- 6:40 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:40 AM to 6:50 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:50 AM to 7:44 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:07 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:42 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:39 PM to 6:33 PM
- Sunset
- 6:16 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:33 PM to 6:43 PM
- Dusk
- 6:43 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:15 PM
- Last light
- 7:46 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 9 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:20 PM
- Moonset
- 9:03 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
- U.S. Coast Guard - Station Sandy Hook · privateunder 0.1 mi
- Municipal Boat Launch6.3 mi
Marinas
- Fishing Party Boat Area · fee3.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Bay Marina · fee3.9 mi
- Leonardo State Marina4.1 mi
- Gateway Marina5.0 mi
- Mariner's Mart5.0 mi
- Monmouth Cove Marina5.2 mi
Beaches
- North Beach0.6 mi
- Gunnison Beach1.1 mi
- FIshing Beach2.4 mi
- Beach E3.0 mi
- Beach D3.2 mi
- Beach C3.8 mi
Parks
- Navesink Park3.8 mi
- Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park4.1 mi
- Lenape Woods Greenway Municipally Open Space4.2 mi
- Huddy Park4.4 mi
- Croydon Hall Park4.6 mi
- Bayshore Waterfront County Park4.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Hartshorne Woods Park5.1 mi
- Huber Woods County Park5.8 mi
- Swinburne Island7.2 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area7.5 mi
- Neil Waackaack Preserve7.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Atlantic Highlands3.6 mi · Monmouth County
- Highlands5.1 mi · Monmouth County
- Rumson6.2 mi · Monmouth County
- Keansburg7.2 mi · Monmouth County
- Sea Bright7.3 mi · Monmouth County
- Red Bank8.3 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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