Long Beach, New Jersey Weather
Long Beach, New Jersey — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Long Beach, Ocean County.
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About Long Beach, New Jersey
Long Beach unfolds as a sinuous ribbon of sand and salt marsh, its character shaped by the constant dialogue between the Atlantic's restless breath and the Barnegat Bay's calmer embrace. It lies 5.9 miles east-south-east of Stafford, NJ (from Stafford, NJ: bearing 110°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of Barnegat. The air here carries the briny tang of the ocean, a persistent perfume that mingles with the sweet, damp earth of the inland wetlands. Low-slung homes, many painted in muted blues and grays, hunker down against the prevailing winds, their porches often overlooking the shimmering expanse of the bay, where egrets stand sentinel in the shallows. The landscape itself is a study in gentle gradients, a low-lying terrain that feels perpetually poised on the edge of the water, where the sky seems to stretch an infinite, pale blue canvas over the horizon. This stretch of coast, once a quiet haven for fishermen and shell collectors, now hums with a quiet, enduring economy tied to the sea. Its history is written in the weathered clapboard of its older structures and the enduring traditions of clamming and crabbing that still define its working waterfront. The bay, a vital artery for both commerce and recreation, supports a vibrant charter fishing fleet and a scattering of marinas, their masts a delicate filigree against the setting sun. Long Beach’s appeal, beyond its sun-drenched beaches and the abundant marine life, lies in its unpretentious charm, a place where the rhythm of the tides often dictates the pace of life.
Live animated radar for Long Beach and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Long Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.685675°N, 74.144859°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08008 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Beach, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Beach, New Jersey, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Long Beach includes coordinates 39.685675°N, 74.144859°W, situated in Ocean County. ZIP code 08008. Telephone area code: 856, 609. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
