Tides / New Jersey / Ocean County / Island Beach
Island Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Island Beach, Sedge Islands in Ocean 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 Island Beach. 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 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 ft at 3:02 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 9:37 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 3:17 PM, and a low of 0.1 ft at 10:34 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 ft at 3:56 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 10:21 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 4:10 PM, and a low of 0.1 ft at 11:32 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 55°F, wind 25 to 30 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 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 ft at 4:50 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 11:24 AM, and a high of 0.3 ft at 5:02 PM. The high at 5:02 PM is 71 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 57°F, wind 20 to 30 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a low of 0.1 ft at 12:37 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 5:42 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 12:41 PM, and a high of 0.3 ft at 5:54 PM. The high at 5:42 AM is 89 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:54 PM is 18 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 60°F, wind 35 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
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 6:10 PM. The tides are a low of 0.1 ft at 1:37 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 6:35 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 1:48 PM, and a high of 0.3 ft at 6:48 PM. The high at 6:35 AM is 37 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:48 PM is 38 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 62°F, wind 30 to 35 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 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
- 6:09 AM
- Dawn
- 6:41 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:41 AM to 6:51 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:51 AM to 7:44 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:42 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:39 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
- 7:14 PM
- Last light
- 7:45 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:09 PM
- Moonset
- 10:01 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
- Winter Anchorage Canoe & Kayak Accessunder 0.1 mi
- Barnegat Light Boat Ramp · customers2.2 mi
- Sands Point Boat Ramp4.8 mi
Marinas
- Lighthouse Marina2.0 mi
- Bobbie's Boats2.1 mi
- Bayview Marina2.5 mi
- High Bar Harbor Yacht Club2.5 mi
- The Marina at Barnegat Light2.6 mi
- Viking Village2.7 mi
Beaches
- Barnegat Light Bay Beach3.1 mi
- Island Beach3.2 mi
- Island Beach3.3 mi
- Bathing Beach Number 24.3 mi
- Bathing Beach Number 14.6 mi
- Bay beach4.7 mi
Parks
- Bay Breeze Park2.0 mi
- Sands Point Park4.8 mi
- Mathews Point Park4.9 mi
- Vincent Clune Park5.0 mi
- Enos Pond County Park5.2 mi
- Ash Park6.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Sedge Islands Wildlife Management Area0.7 mi
- Barnegat Lighthouse State Park1.8 mi
- Island Beach State Park3.0 mi
- Lochiel Creek County Park6.8 mi
- Carvel Island8.0 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Barnegat Light2.0 mi · Ocean County
- High Bar2.7 mi · Ocean County
- Island Beach4.4 mi · Ocean County
- Waretown4.4 mi · Ocean County
- Forked River4.7 mi · Ocean County
- Loveladies Harbor4.8 mi · Ocean 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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