Tides / New Jersey / Ocean County / Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Ocean 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 Dover Beaches North and Lavallette. 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 Ocean 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 7:06 AM and sunset is 6:17 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 ft at 3:28 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 9:41 AM, a high of 0.4 ft at 3:45 PM, and a low of 0.1 ft at 10:27 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 0.3 ft at 4:19 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 10:17 AM, a high of 0.4 ft at 4:34 PM, and a low of 0.1 ft at 11:14 PM. The high at 4:34 PM is 102 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 74°F, wind 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 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 ft at 5:13 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 11:01 AM, and a high of 0.4 ft at 5:27 PM. The high at 5:13 AM is 116 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:27 PM is 47 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 55°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 6:13 PM. The tides are a low of 0.1 ft at 12:12 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 6:07 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 12:04 PM, and a high of 0.4 ft at 6:19 PM. The high at 6:07 AM is 63 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:19 PM is 6 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 57°F, wind 5 to 20 mph N.
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 low of 0.1 ft at 1:17 AM, a high of 0.3 ft at 6:59 AM, a low of 0.1 ft at 1:21 PM, and a high of 0.4 ft at 7:11 PM. The high at 6:59 AM is 12 minutes before sunrise. The high at 7:11 PM is 60 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 61°F, wind 5 to 10 mph NE.
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
- 6:08 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
- 5:40 PM to 6:33 PM
- Sunset
- 6:17 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:33 PM to 6:44 PM
- Dusk
- 6:44 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:15 PM
- Last light
- 7:47 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 10 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:19 PM
- Moonset
- 9:06 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
- Toms River Boat Ramp4.6 mi
Marinas
- Shore Acres Yacht Club2.7 mi
- Cranberry Inlet Marina2.9 mi
- Silver Bay Harbor3.1 mi
- Pier 1 Marina3.6 mi
- Marine Unlimited4.0 mi
- Cassidy's Breton Woods Marina4.8 mi
Beaches
- Chadwick Beach0.4 mi
- Green Island Point Beach · private2.7 mi
- GICA Beach · private2.8 mi
- Sunset Beach3.0 mi
- Nejecho Beach4.2 mi
- Sandy Point Yacht Club Private Beach · private4.4 mi
Parks
- Jacobsen Park1.1 mi
- Centennial Park1.3 mi
- Brick Beach Park1.5 mi
- Ortley Beach Recreation Area A2.1 mi
- Shelter Cove Park2.8 mi
- Carteret Ave Ball Field2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- E.B. Leone County Conservation Area4.2 mi
- Winding River Park8.0 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Kettle Creek2.9 mi · Ocean County
- Goose Creek entrance3.0 mi · Ocean County
- Mantoloking3.4 mi · Ocean County
- Seaside Heights3.6 mi · Ocean County
- Coates Point3.7 mi · Ocean County
- Silver Bay4.3 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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