United States / New Jersey
Beach Haven
Beach Haven is a coastal resort area in New Jersey, United States. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 102 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 23.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 4.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.4 m/s in January, the windiest month.
The mapped beach is tagged dog = “designated”.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 59Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 4Public toilets
- –Showers
- 213Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 19Hotels & guesthouses
- 8Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 47 restaurants, 6 cafés and 6 bars. Accommodation: 19 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Beach Haven
Beach-day index 3.3/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 5.9 °C | 4.3 °C | 5.2 °C | 8.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 18.7 °C | 22.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 22.0 °C | 18.1 °C | 13.4 °C | 9.2 °C |
| High °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 3° | 7° | 12° | 18° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 98 | 95 | 114 | 104 | 97 | 108 | 117 | 109 | 92 | 124 | 106 | 136 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 56 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 54 | 56 | 62 |
| Wind m/s | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Daylight h | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Record high/low | 15°/-12° | 14°/-12° | 16°/-7° | 21°/-0° | 25°/3° | 28°/11° | 32°/16° | 30°/18° | 28°/13° | 26°/5° | 20°/-2° | 17°/-7° |
| Beach index | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; August scores 8.5/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 23.7 °C and 109 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.4 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.2 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 13.7 °C, cooler than 79% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (136 mm) and September the driest (92 mm); the yearly total is about 1,300 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.4 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 19:55 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (300°). Open water fills about 72% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 20:25 local time on a bearing of 302°.
Sunrise is over the sea in August–April.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the west-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves. The beach is on an island of about 23 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 2 m deep and 3 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 81% built-up land, 10% bare ground, sand or rock and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Built 81%
- Bare 10%
- Grass 4%
- Wetland 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City International Airport Atlantic City | ACY | 31.2 km | west |
| Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia | PHL | 92.2 km | west |
| Trenton Mercer Airport Ewing Township | TTN | 93.2 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: ferry terminal Beach Haven Boat Dock (910 m) and 213 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 6.8K residents); within 30 km there are 16 (about 109.5K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- LBI Historical Association museum 180 m SE
- Long Beach Island Museum museum 180 m SE
- New Jersey Maritime Museum museum 450 m NW
- Fantasy Island Amusement Park attraction 650 m N
- Giant Wheel attraction 660 m NE
Islands in view
- Parker Island 870 m NW
- Lower Little Island 1.1 km NW
- Parker's Sedge 1.1 km N
- Little Island 1.8 km NW
Lighthouses & piers
- Polly's Dock pier 570 m NW
- Black Whale Dock pier 580 m NW
Marinas
- Queen City Marina 430 m NW
Diving & boat hire
- AJ's Rentals 230 m SW
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 12.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w699530870; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_18SWJ_20231024_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.