Tides / New Jersey / Ocean County / North Beach
North Beach
Tide station
NOAA station North Beach 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. People also look this chart up as Surf City. 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 North 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.
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 6:18 PM. The tides are a high of 0.9 ft at 2:13 AM, a low of 0.2 ft at 9:12 AM, a high of 1.1 ft at 2:30 PM, and a low of 0.2 ft at 9:58 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
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 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 0.9 ft at 3:04 AM, a low of 0.3 ft at 9:48 AM, a high of 1.0 ft at 3:19 PM, and a low of 0.3 ft at 10:45 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, 74°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 6:15 PM. The tides are a high of 0.9 ft at 3:58 AM, a low of 0.3 ft at 10:32 AM, a high of 1.0 ft at 4:12 PM, and a low of 0.3 ft at 11:43 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 56°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 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 0.8 ft at 4:52 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 11:35 AM, and a high of 1.0 ft at 5:04 PM. The high at 5:04 PM is 69 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 58°F, wind 10 to 20 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 6:12 PM. The tides are a low of 0.3 ft at 12:48 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 5:44 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 12:52 PM, and a high of 1.0 ft at 5:56 PM. The high at 5:44 AM is 87 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:56 PM is 16 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 62°F, wind 5 to 15 mph NE.
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
- 6:08 AM
- Dawn
- 6:40 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:40 AM to 6:50 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:50 AM to 7:43 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:07 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:42 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:41 PM to 6:34 PM
- Sunset
- 6:17 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:34 PM to 6:44 PM
- Dusk
- 6:44 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:16 PM
- Last light
- 7:47 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 10 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:18 PM
- Moonset
- 9:07 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
- Ship Bottom Boat Ramp2.1 mi
- Barnegat Light Boat Ramp · customers6.3 mi
Marinas
- Surf City Yacht Club1.1 mi
- Surf City Marina1.5 mi
- Harvey Cedars Marina – Rentals1.8 mi
- Harvey Cedars Marina1.8 mi
- Hostrocers Marina1.9 mi
- Barnegat Light Yacht Club2.4 mi
Beaches
- Harvey Cedars Bay Beach2.4 mi
- Beach Haven West Bay Beach3.2 mi
- Little Beach4.5 mi
- Barnegat Light Bay Beach5.4 mi
- Shore Beach5.9 mi
- Bay beach7.0 mi
Parks
- Veterans Memorial Park1.0 mi
- Richard A. Zachariae Recreation Center1.5 mi
- Harvey Cedars Sunset Park1.6 mi
- 4th Street Remembrance Park1.7 mi
- John J. Guld Jr. Recreation Area & Ball Field1.7 mi
- Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Carvel Island0.9 mi
- Manahawkin Wildlife Management Area3.6 mi
- Barnegat Lighthouse State Park6.8 mi
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge7.5 mi
- Lochiel Creek County Park7.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Ship Bottom2.0 mi · Ocean County
- Flat Creek2.8 mi · Ocean County
- Manahawkin Creek3.0 mi · Ocean County
- Loveladies Harbor3.7 mi · Ocean County
- Beach Haven West3.9 mi · Ocean County
- Beach Haven Crest5.0 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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