Jones Beach Conditions
60°F water · 2 ft @ 12s · W 18
Jones Beach forecast — water temp, waves, tides, rip-current risk
Right now
- Water temperature
- 60°F · 8.0° above average
- Waves
- 2.0 ft · 12s period
- Wind
- 18 mph W · gusts 22
- Rip-current risk
- —
Today's tides
- 1:21 AMLow0.3 ft
- 7:35 AMHigh4.3 ft
- 2:03 PMLow0.1 ft
- 7:59 PMHigh3.5 ft
Next 6 hours
- +1h2.2 ft5s
- +2h2.2 ft5s
- +3h2.2 ft5s
- +4h2.2 ft5s
- +5h2.2 ft5s
- +6h2.2 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 52°F (NDBC 44065 climatology); the current reading sits 8.0° above average. For the air-side forecast, see the weather pages for Queens, NY and Brooklyn, NY.