Closest Beaches

Beaches Near New York, NY

New York City has two saltwater beaches inside its own subway map. The A train runs to Rockaway Beach and the Q, F, N, and D lines reach Coney Island, so no car is required. Drive an hour east on the Southern State and you hit Jones Beach State Park and Robert Moses State Park on the south shore of Long Island for wider sand and cleaner Atlantic swell.

Plan This Week

This Afternoon looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Spring Lake on This Afternoon (87).

Within 60 mi

Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk

9.9 mi · ~14 min drive · Kings County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 82°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Manhattan Beach Park

10.0 mi · ~14 min drive · Kings County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 78°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (83)

Brighton Beach

10 mi · ~15 min drive · Kings County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 78°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (83)

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

14 mi · ~20 min drive · Queens County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 79°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Orchard Beach and Promenade

15 mi · ~22 min drive · Bronx County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

70°F water 79°F air 3 to 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (84)

Sandy Hook (Gateway NRA)

18 mi · ~26 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 78°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Long Beach (NY)

20 mi · ~29 min drive · Nassau County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 79°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Playland Beach

24 mi · ~35 min drive · Westchester County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

70°F water 81°F air 3 to 7 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Jones Beach State Park

28 mi · ~40 min drive · Nassau County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 76°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Asbury Park

33 mi · ~48 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 84°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Belmar

37 mi · ~53 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 76°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Robert Moses State Park

39 mi · ~56 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 78°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Spring Lake

39 mi · ~57 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 81°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Sunken Meadow State Park

41 mi · ~59 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Ideal for a beach walk.

70°F water 84°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (84)

Calf Pasture Beach

41 mi · ~59 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Manasquan

42 mi · ~1 hr drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 86°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Point Pleasant Beach

43 mi · ~1 hr 2 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 81°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Compo Beach

44 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for a beach walk.

83°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Sherwood Island State Park

45 mi · ~1 hr 4 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for a beach walk.

82°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill

53 mi · ~1 hr 17 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 78°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Seaside Heights

53 mi · ~1 hr 17 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 79°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Seaside Park

55 mi · ~1 hr 19 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 79°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Smith Point County Park

59 mi · ~1 hr 26 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 77°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Island Beach State Park

61 mi · ~1 hr 28 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

75°F water 80°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Barnegat Lighthouse State Park

67 mi · ~1 hr 37 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 80°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of New York. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.