Jones Beach Beach Conditions
59°F water · 2.3 ft @ 9s · S 4 · rip low
Jones Beach beach forecast — water temp, waves, tides, rip-current risk
Right now
- Water temperature
- 59°F · 6.0° below average
- Waves
- 2.3 ft · 9s period
- Wind
- 4 mph S · gusts 4
- Rip-current risk
- LOW
Today's tides
- 4:14 AMLow0.3 ft
- 10:16 AMHigh3.1 ft
- 4:05 PMLow0.8 ft
- 10:15 PMHigh3.8 ft
Next 6 hours
- +1h1.4 ft8s
- +2h1.5 ft8s
- +3h1.6 ft7s
- +4h1.7 ft6s
- +5h1.7 ft6s
- +6h1.7 ft6s
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 65°F (NDBC 44065 climatology); the current reading sits 6.0° below average. For the air-side forecast, see the weather pages for Queens, NY, Brooklyn, NY, and Long Beach, NY.