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Cooks Beach (Middle Township)
4.6★ · 25 Google ratings · Middle Township, New Jersey
✓ Short walk✓ Good for kids
At a glance
Parking
Not mapped
Walk
250 yd · 3 min
Water
78°F
Tide
5 ft range today
Children
Reported good for young kids
Sand
280 ft from the water to the back
Map of Cooks Beach (Middle Township)
Guide
Good to know
Arrive for sunset photography
The beach offers excellent sunset views, particularly with the old rotting dock as a foreground.
Come at low tide to explore
Extensive mud flats with old structures and pilings appear at low tide for nature exploration.
Reported good with little kids
Visitors often mention shallow or calm water. This is what reviewers report, not a safety assessment.Mentioned by 2 visitors · 2018–2025
Visit before June for fewer insects
Green head flies emerge by late June and July, making summer visits less pleasant.
Check tide times before driving
High tides can submerge the access road, making the beach unreachable by vehicle.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
75°F · clear
Water
78°F
Waves
0.7 ft · 4 s apart
Wind
4 mph from the W
Shelter
Onshore · wind blowing straight in off the water
UV index
7 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 03:00 | High tide | ↑ |
| 09:29 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 15:35 | High tide | ↑ |
| 22:18 | Low tide | ↓ |
Last updated Aug 20, 5:17 AM.
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Questions
Common questions
How far is the walk to the water at Cooks Beach?
100 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Cooks Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
