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Point Pleasant Wildlife Management Area Boat Ramp

Boat ramp · on Point Pleasant Canal · near Point Pleasant · New Jersey

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Ramp surface
unpaved
Tidal
Yes
Managed by
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Coordinates
40.07031, -74.05918

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Philadelphia District; the one nearest this launch is of January 9, 2024). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone ANZ451, Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Beaverdam Creek entrance station, 0.6 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.

Tide predictions, Mon Oct 19 to Sun Oct 25
Mon Oct 19 High 5:23 am 0.3 ft · Low 11:25 am 0.6 ft · High 5:35 pm 0.3 ft
Tue Oct 20 Low 12:21 am 0.4 ft · High 6:16 am 0.3 ft · Low 12:32 pm 0.6 ft · High 6:29 pm 0.3 ft
Wed Oct 21 Low 1:12 am 0.4 ft · High 7:10 am 0.3 ft · Low 1:29 pm 0.5 ft · High 7:25 pm 0.3 ft
Thu Oct 22 Low 1:57 am 0.3 ft · High 8:02 am 0.3 ft · Low 2:19 pm 0.3 ft · High 8:18 pm 0.3 ft
Fri Oct 23 Low 2:38 am 0.2 ft · High 8:48 am 0.4 ft · Low 3:06 pm 0.2 ft · High 9:06 pm 0.4 ft
Sat Oct 24 Low 3:19 am 0.1 ft · High 9:30 am 0.4 ft · Low 3:53 pm 0.1 ft · High 9:50 pm 0.4 ft
Sun Oct 25 Low 4:01 am 0.0 ft · High 10:10 am 0.4 ft · Low 4:41 pm 0.0 ft · High 10:33 pm 0.4 ft

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • ICW 02 Point Pleasant Canal
    Hydrographic survey of January 9, 2024 by the Philadelphia District. Least depth in the anchorage (Point Pleasant Canal): 1.2 ft; project depth 6 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On Point Pleasant Canal

Canal in New Jersey. All launches on Point Pleasant Canal.

Community

Where people who use Point Pleasant Canal talk about it.

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Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by New Jersey State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas Boat Launches (NJDEP) and US Fish and Wildlife Service facility property (boat launches) and New Jersey Pumpouts and Ramps (NJDEP, Clean Vessel Act and NJ Sea Grant). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.