Jones Beach Conditions

71°F water · 3.6 ft @ 4s · NE 22

Jones Beach forecast — water temp, waves, tides, rip-current risk

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Right now

Water temperature
71°F · 1.0° above average
Waves
3.6 ft · 4s period
Wind
22 mph NE · gusts 27
Rip-current risk
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Today's tides

Next: High at 4:16 PM (in 6h, as of ).

Next 6 hours

  1. +1h2.3 ft5s
  2. +2h2.3 ft5s
  3. +3h2.3 ft5s
  4. +4h2.3 ft5s
  5. +5h2.3 ft5s
  6. +6h2.4 ft5s

About this beach

Jones Beach State Park is Robert Moses's signature 1929 work — 6.5 miles of Atlantic frontage backed by an art-deco bathhouse, the central concession mall, and the iconic 200-foot WPA water tower. The Jones Beach Theater and Boardwalk Field stage summer concerts; the bandshell hosts free concerts most weekends.

Parking is $10 per car in season; no transit access (you need a car or the seasonal Long Island Bus N88 from Freeport LIRR). Fields 1, 2, and 6 are the most popular swim sections; Field 6's eastern stretch tends to be quieter through the morning.

Wave height and water temperature on this page are read from NDBC buoy 44065; tide times come from the NOAA CO-OPS Jones Inlet station 8516385. The long-term monthly mean water temperature for this stretch of coast is 70°F (NDBC 44065 climatology); the current reading sits 1.0° above average. For the air-side forecast, see the weather pages for Queens, NY and Brooklyn, NY.