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Public Beach (373 Bayshore Dr)
4.5★ · 307 Google ratings · Barnegat, New Jersey
✓ Parking✓ Short walk✓ Good for kids✓ Free✓ Restrooms
At a glance
Parking
350 yd away · free
Walk
200 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
Yes
Cost
Free
Water
77°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
0 ft range today
Children
Reported good for young kids
Sand
320 ft from the water to the back
Crowds
Quietest Thu 8am
Map of Public Beach (373 Bayshore Dr)
Guide
Good to know
Reported good with little kids
Visitors often mention shallow or calm water. This is what reviewers report, not a safety assessment.Mentioned by 28 visitors · 2015–2026
Free parking reported
Visitors report no charge to park here.Mentioned by 9 visitors · 2015–2026
Bring insect repellent May-July
Greenhead flies become severe in late spring and early summer, especially on windless days.
Visit during off-season or early morning
Parking is generally available, but the lot can fill by late morning on summer weekends.
Expect seaweed and bay smell
Dead seagrass accumulates seasonally and the brackish water has a distinctive odor inherent to bay beaches.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
77°F · overcast
Water
77°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
1.4 ft · 7 s apart
Wind
5 mph from the WSW
Shelter
Offshore · wind blowing off the land
UV index
7 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
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| 04:39 | High tide | ↑ |
| 11:05 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 17:06 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 4:22 AM.
Crowds
When it gets busy
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📍 373 Bayshore Dr, Barnegat, NJ 08005
🅿 Parking 350 yd from the listing
🌊 Water 200 ft away, under a minute walk
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Questions
Common questions
Where do you park at Public Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 350 yd from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Public Beach?
170 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 Public 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.
When is Public Beach least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Thu 8am and the busiest at Sun 1pm.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
