Sea Isle City Tide Charts:
June 2017
July 2017
August 2016
Sea Isle Tide Info:
-High Tide and Low tide both happen twice a day, one AM and one PM.
-Sea Isle City and New Jersey has much more noticeable tide changes than you would see on the West Coast, like in California. At low tide, Sea Isle will tend to have a large amount of beach space, especially after the most recent beach replenishment, but at high tide the beach gets small in some places, but should not be a factor here. Beach Space should not be a problem this summer due to the recent replenishment.
BE AWARE:
- Due to recent replenishment the beach may have a slight drop off into the ocean at low tide or a drop off under water under high tide due to the sand moving itself into a natural place instead of manmade. Body surfing maybe be dangerous due to a "shore break", small wave will suddenly break when it shallow water causing the wave to toss the body surfer directly into the sand and could cause some serious injuries to the head and neck. This happens when nature is re-contouring the sand post replenishment, and cause a steep cliff or sharp incline from the sand into the ocean.
-Always examine the beach before you surf and swim, if you feel the ocean floor is steep when walking into the ocean, be careful to not ride the wave to far.
-This can also lead to a quick drop off in the depth of water, you may go from a few inches to a foot or two very quickly at high tide, take things slow when walking into the ocean.
Always remember: S.O.A.K
Study the area – Stand on the beach or high point and look all around you. Know where you are entering the ocean, and have two or three exit points planned. As conditions and tides change, where you entered may no longer be safe to exit.
Observe ocean conditions before entering the water.
Ask questions – Ask the lifeguards and other local swimmers & surfers about conditions.
Know your limits – Don’t put yourself and others in danger by going out in conditions past your abilities. Even the strongest athletes will lose to the ocean. Don’t think your strong athletic skills in other sports will carry over to help save you from drowning. If you can’t swim, don’t rely on a raft or other floating device to keep you alive, and don’t float past your own abilities to get back to shore.
Riptides:
A rip current is relatively small-scale surf-zone current moving away from the beach. Rip currents form as waves disperse along the beach causing water to become trapped between the beach and a sandbar or other underwater feature. The water converges into a narrow, river-like channel moving away from the shore at high speed.
If caught in a Riptide:
ONLY SWIM WHEN LIFEGUARDS ARE ON DUTY
-Sea Isle City and New Jersey has much more noticeable tide changes than you would see on the West Coast, like in California. At low tide, Sea Isle will tend to have a large amount of beach space, especially after the most recent beach replenishment, but at high tide the beach gets small in some places, but should not be a factor here. Beach Space should not be a problem this summer due to the recent replenishment.
BE AWARE:
- Due to recent replenishment the beach may have a slight drop off into the ocean at low tide or a drop off under water under high tide due to the sand moving itself into a natural place instead of manmade. Body surfing maybe be dangerous due to a "shore break", small wave will suddenly break when it shallow water causing the wave to toss the body surfer directly into the sand and could cause some serious injuries to the head and neck. This happens when nature is re-contouring the sand post replenishment, and cause a steep cliff or sharp incline from the sand into the ocean.
-Always examine the beach before you surf and swim, if you feel the ocean floor is steep when walking into the ocean, be careful to not ride the wave to far.
-This can also lead to a quick drop off in the depth of water, you may go from a few inches to a foot or two very quickly at high tide, take things slow when walking into the ocean.
Always remember: S.O.A.K
Study the area – Stand on the beach or high point and look all around you. Know where you are entering the ocean, and have two or three exit points planned. As conditions and tides change, where you entered may no longer be safe to exit.
Observe ocean conditions before entering the water.
Ask questions – Ask the lifeguards and other local swimmers & surfers about conditions.
Know your limits – Don’t put yourself and others in danger by going out in conditions past your abilities. Even the strongest athletes will lose to the ocean. Don’t think your strong athletic skills in other sports will carry over to help save you from drowning. If you can’t swim, don’t rely on a raft or other floating device to keep you alive, and don’t float past your own abilities to get back to shore.
Riptides:
A rip current is relatively small-scale surf-zone current moving away from the beach. Rip currents form as waves disperse along the beach causing water to become trapped between the beach and a sandbar or other underwater feature. The water converges into a narrow, river-like channel moving away from the shore at high speed.
If caught in a Riptide:
- Remain calm if a rip current begins to pull you away from shore. ...
- Call for help immediately if you can't swim well. ...
- Swim parallel to shore to get out of the current.
- Swim toward the shore once you escape the current.
ONLY SWIM WHEN LIFEGUARDS ARE ON DUTY