Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey Weather
Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Lanoka Harbor, Ocean County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lanoka Harbor. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lanoka Harbor is published on the Ocean County Airport (KMJX) page, 13 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Lanoka Harbor have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Lanoka Harbor: Eagles Nest Airport (K31E) 25 km · Flying W Airport (KN14) 55 km · Hammonton Municipal Airport (KN81) 55 km · Atlantic City International Airport (KACY) 58 km · South Jersey Regional Airport (KVAY) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMJX describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lanoka Harbor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey
Lanoka Harbor is a place where the piney woods meet the shallow, shimmering waters of the Barnegat Bay. It lies 2.3 miles south-south-west of Berkeley, NJ (from Berkeley, NJ: bearing 195°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-south-east of Toms River. The air here carries a perpetual, faint whisper of salt and the resinous scent of the surrounding Atlantic white cedars, a fragrance that deepens with the approach of twilight. Low-slung houses, many with weathered shingles and porches that seem to sigh in the humid breeze, are scattered amongst stands of scrub oak and tall pines, their needles forming a soft, rustling carpet underfoot. The land itself, a sandy loam, drains quickly, giving the vegetation a resilient, almost tenacious quality, as if the very soil is determined to hold its green heart against the encroaching tides. The light, especially in the late afternoon, filters through the dense canopy in long, golden shafts, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness. The history of Lanoka Harbor is inextricably tied to the bounty of the bay and the forest. Once a vital hub for oystering and cranberry farming, its economy now leans more towards recreation and the quiet hum of local businesses catering to summer visitors and year-round residents alike. The legacy of those earlier industries can still be sensed in the weathered pilings that jut from the water's edge and the hardy, independent spirit of its people. It is a place where the rhythm of life is measured by the ebb and flow of the tides, and the gentle creak of sailboats passing on the bay, a quiet testament to a past that continues to shape its present character.
Live animated radar for Lanoka Harbor and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Lanoka Harbor, Ocean County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.866786°N, 74.167917°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08734 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lanoka Harbor includes coordinates 39.866786°N, 74.167917°W, situated in Ocean County. ZIP code 08734. Telephone area code: 732, 848. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
