Barnegat Light USGS weather station394540074062901
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Harvey Cedars Bay Beach
Harvey Cedars Bay Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Ocean County, New JerseyGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 4 to 6 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 NM and Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 3 PM Friday to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
57°
79°/55°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 57°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Harvey Cedars Bay Beach until 6 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 85% around 1 AM.
Now. Harvey Cedars Bay Beach is 57° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 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 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
95%Humidity
77%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
57feels57
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7955
85%
Sat
Oct 17
5445
93%
Sun
Oct 18
5737
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6041
17%
Tue
Oct 20
6444
18%
Wed
Oct 21
6347
10%
Thu
Oct 22
6146
12%
57°
79°55°
54°45°
57°37°
60°41°
64°44°
63°47°
61°46°
As of 12:00 AM in Harvey Cedars Bay Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Harvey Cedars Bay Beach
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southeast Burlington and Ocean Counties (NJ), 8 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good23.1 mi
- Ozone12Good28 ppb23.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Harvey Cedars Bay Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Harvey Cedars Bay Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 312°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44091, 20.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44091, Barnegat
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ENE (64°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 14 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 5 s from ENE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:00 AM
- Distance
- 20.1 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 12:00 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ENE (64°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 5:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | N (353°) |
| Thu 4:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 3:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | N (349°) |
| Thu 2:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | N (356°) |
| Thu 1:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | S (177°) |
Beach
- County
- Ocean County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 39.7047° N
- Longitude
- 74.1371° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Harvey Cedars Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW4111FW4111
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.4 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Toms RiverMJX
At an airfield/17.5 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Barnegat Light 0.9 SSWNJ-OC-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TuckertonJCRN4
At a cooperative observer's station/21.0 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.
Atlantic CitycityBarnegat BayfeatureCamdencityCampgawski areaCape MaycityDelaware Water GapfeatureHigh PointfeatureJersey CitycityLong BranchcityMorristowncityMountain Creekski areaNew BrunswickcityNewarkcityPatersoncityPine BarrensfeaturePrincetoncitySandy HookfeatureSussextownToms RivertownTrentoncityVinelandcityWildwoodtown
Near Harvey Cedars Bay Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Harvey Cedarsborough, under 1 mi
- Surf Cityborough, 3 mi
- Barnegat Lightborough, 4 mi
- Ship Bottomborough, 5 mi
- Beach Haven Westcommunity, 5 mi
- Barnegat Bayfeature, 6 mi
- Barnegatcommunity, 6 mi
- Manahawkincommunity, 6 mi
- Waretowncommunity, 6 mi
- Ocean Acrescommunity, 8 mi
- North Beach Havencommunity, 8 mi
- Forked Rivercommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near Harvey Cedars Bay Beach
- Long Beach2 mi
- Long Beach2 mi
- Barnegat Light Bay Beach3 mi
- Little Beach3 mi
- Shore Beach5 mi
- Beach Haven West Bay Beach5 mi
- Bay beach5 mi
- Island Beach9 mi