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Ideal Beach

Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

Ideal Beach 1 photo

  • Monmouth CR 36 sb, North Middletown, NJ, Aug. 2025

    Monmouth CR 36 sb, North Middletown, NJ, Aug. 2025. Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page , my Commons user talk page , or my English Wikipedia user talk page ; I'll know about it a lot faster), CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 6:04 pm
8 am
5.7
34 km/h21 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.7
34 km/h21 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.7
33 km/h21 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.8
30 km/h19 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.2
25 km/h16 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.6
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
2 pm
7.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.3
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.3
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.2
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C58°F
Water
16°C61°F
Wind
3522 km/hmph N
Gusts
4830 km/hmph
Waves
0.6 m2 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:04 pm
Today
5.7Good8 am3421
5.7Good9 am3421
5.7Good10 am3321
5.8Good11 am3019
6.2Good12 pm2516
6.6Good1 pm2012
7.0Great2 pm1610
7.1Great3 pm159
7.3Great4 pm127
7.3Great5 pm128
7.2Great6 pm149
Sat
5.8Good8 am106
4.9Fair9 am106
4.9Fair10 am74
4.9Fair11 am74
4.9Fair12 pm64
4.9Fair1 pm64
4.9Fair2 pm74
4.9Fair3 pm74
4.9Fair4 pm95
5.0Fair5 pm95
6.2Good6 pm106
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 5 am, 0.4 m. Low at 11 am, -1.1 m. High at 5 pm, 0.2 m. Low at 12 am, -1.2 mHigh 5 am, 0.4 m1 ftLow 11 am, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 5 pm, 0.2 m<1 ftLow 12 am, -1.2 m4 ftNow8 am2 pm8 pm2 am
  • High 5 am, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 11 am, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 5 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
  • Low 12 am, -1.2 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

  • Playground290 m950 ft away

Getting there

Nearest town
1.7 km1.1 miKeansburg (town)
Nearest airport
22 km14 miLinden Airport (LDJ)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Ideal Beach.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

Loads the map from Stay22, our stays partner.

Hotel results come from our stays partner. We may earn a commission when you book, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes the beach score.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat6.2 GoodBest 6 pm to 7 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun7.7 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue7.1 GreatBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 1%
  • Thu7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 3%