Ship Bottom USGS weather station393915074110901
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Beach Haven West Bay Beach
Beach Haven West Bay Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey61°
78°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 59% around 6 AM.
Now. Beach Haven West Bay Beach is 61° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (89%). Rain is possible Monday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:11 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
61feels61
19%
Today
Oct 16
7855
83%
Sat
Oct 17
5445
89%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
31%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6344
19%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6348
11%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6148
16%
12mph
61°
78°55°
54°45°
56°37°
59°41°
63°44°
63°48°
61°48°
As of 6:00 AM in Beach Haven West Bay Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Beach Haven West Bay Beach
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Southeast Burlington and Ocean Counties (NJ), 10 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Beach Haven West Bay Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Beach Haven West Bay Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 115°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44091, 25.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44091, Barnegat
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (102°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:30 AM
- Distance
- 25.0 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 4:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (100°) |
| Fri 3:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | E (81°) |
| Fri 2:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Fri 1:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (73°) |
| Fri 12:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (80°) |
| Thu 11:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (58°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (61°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (54°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (56°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NE (54°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NE (50°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NE (47°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (38°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (33°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Thu 7:30 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:30 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
Beach
- County
- Ocean County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 39.6637° N
- Longitude
- 74.2175° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Beach Haven West Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW1941GW1941
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.0 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Toms RiverMJX
At an airfield/18.7 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ship Bottom 0.2 NNWNJ-OC-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TuckertonJCRN4
At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Beach Haven West Bay Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beach Haven Westcommunity, 1 mi
- Ship Bottomborough, 2 mi
- Surf Cityborough, 3 mi
- Manahawkincommunity, 3 mi
- North Beach Havencommunity, 5 mi
- Harvey Cedarsborough, 5 mi
- Ocean Acrescommunity, 6 mi
- Barnegatcommunity, 7 mi
- Beach Havenborough, 7 mi
- Tuckertonborough, 8 mi
- Barnegat Lightborough, 8 mi
- Waretowncommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near Beach Haven West Bay Beach
- Long Beach4 mi
- Harvey Cedars Bay Beach5 mi
- Little Beach6 mi
- Shore Beach7 mi
- Long Beach7 mi
- Barnegat Light Bay Beach8 mi
- Bay beach8 mi
- Island Beach14 mi