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Sandy Hook Beach Day Planner

Pick a date and we'll combine Sandy Hook's tide windows and beach water quality to tell you whether it's a good beach day.

Wondering if Saturday is a good beach day in Sandy Hook? Choose any date below to see that day's high and low tides, the best windows for swimming and shelling, the beach's water-quality rating, and activities matched to the tides β€” all from official NOAA and NJDEP data.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Water quality at Sandy Hook

Horseshoe CoveExcellent
Current geomean
5 CFU/100mL
5-year geomean
7 CFU/100mL
Advisories (this year)
0
Advisories (5-year)
1

Based on NJDEP Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program Enterococcus data. Lower is cleaner; the EPA Beach Action Value is 104 CFU/100mL.

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