Long Beach Barrier Island
Nassau County, New York, United States
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:02 pm7.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
6.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6.7
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.3
14 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.4
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 12°C53°F
- Water
- 16°C61°F
- Wind
- 1610 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 4628 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:02 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 11 am, -1.0 m3 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
- Low 11 pm, -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.
About Long Beach Barrier Island
Long Beach Barrier Island is an island in Nassau County, New York, United States. Hicks Beach is located 0.75 miles away, and there are 25 food options within 0.62 miles. The nearest bus stop is 760 feet away, and free parking is available nearby.
Long Beach Barrier Island is one of the outer barrier islands off the south coast of Long Island, New York, United States.
Long Beach is the westernmost of these barrier islands, fronting on Reynolds Channel to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
Source: Long Beach Barrier Island on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Showers500 m0.3 mi away
- Drinking water480 m0.3 mi away
- Parking8 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 210 m680 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink25 within 1 km0.6 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 230 m760 ftWest Beech Street & Arizona Avenue
- Nearest town
- 2.1 km1.3 miEast Atlantic Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 10 km6 miJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Hicks Beach1.2 km0.7 mi west away7.2 Great later
- East Atlantic Beach1.4 km0.9 mi west away7.2 Great later
- Long Beach1.9 km1.2 mi east away7.1 Great later
- Harbor Isle Beach2.9 km1.8 mi north-east away7.2 Great later
- Atlantic Beach3.4 km2.1 mi west away7.2 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat5.6 GoodBest 6 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.0 GreatBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Tue7.2 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
- Wed4.8 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 1%
- Thu7.3 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 2%