Barnegat BayBoating Map & Navigation Guide
Barnegat Bay boating map and navigation guide (New Jersey). Plan routes with turn-by-turn water routing, 4,259 depth soundings, 29 boat ramps.
What we chart on Barnegat Bay
Navigating Barnegat Bay
Barnegat Bay, NJ is a coastal waterway in New Jersey, and this page collects what Navi Wake knows about navigating it. The waterway is charted for routing, which means Navi Wake can plan a path across open water that stays off the land and follows the channel instead of drawing a straight line through a peninsula.
We hold 671 charted navigation aids on Barnegat Bay. That breaks down into 293 channel markers, 258 marked hazards, 92 lights, and 28 special-purpose markers. We also chart 29 public boat ramps and 62 marinas on the shoreline, mapped separately from the aids above. Depth coverage comes from 4,259 surveyed soundings and 1,025 depth contours, which is what lets the chart shade the shallows.
Ramps and marinas on Barnegat Bay
Public boat ramps
29 charted in total. Named ramps include:
- Barnegat Light Boat Ramp
- Beach Haven Municipal Boat Ramp
- Manasquan Boat Launch
- Ore Pond Kayak Launch
- Sands Point Boat Ramp
- Ship Bottom Boat Ramp
- Toms River Boat Ramp
- Winter Anchorage Canoe & Kayak Access
Marinas
62 charted in total. Named marinas include:
- Barnegat Light Yacht Club
- Bayview Marina
- BBCA Marina
- Beach Haven Yacht Club Marina
- Beachwood Yacht Club
- Bobbie's Boats
- Cassidy's Breton Woods Marina
- Clarks Landing Marina & Yacht Club
- Cranberry Inlet Marina
- Duck Cove Marina
- Harbor View Marina
- High Bar Harbor Yacht Club
- Hostrocers Marina
- Ken's Landing Norma K III
- Key Harbor Marina
- Leaming's Marina
- Lighthouse Marina
- Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club
- Mantoloking Marina
- Marine Unlimited
- Mooring
- Morrison's Marina
- North Branch Yachting Center
- Pier 1 Marina
Frequently asked questions
- Can Navi Wake plan a boat route on Barnegat Bay?
- Yes. Barnegat Bay has a generated water grid, so Navi Wake plans routes that stay on navigable water, route around land, and follow the channel rather than cutting across it.
- Does Barnegat Bay have a depth map?
- Yes. We hold 4,259 depth soundings, 1,025 depth contours, and 992 charted depth areas for Barnegat Bay, which the chart uses to shade shallow water.
- Where can I launch a boat on Barnegat Bay?
- Navi Wake charts 29 boat ramps on Barnegat Bay, including Barnegat Light Boat Ramp, Beach Haven Municipal Boat Ramp, Manasquan Boat Launch, Ore Pond Kayak Launch, Sands Point Boat Ramp. Each one appears on the interactive chart so you can route to it from the water.
- What marinas are on Barnegat Bay?
- We chart 62 marinas on Barnegat Bay, including Barnegat Light Yacht Club, Bayview Marina, BBCA Marina, Beach Haven Yacht Club Marina, Beachwood Yacht Club, Bobbie's Boats.
- Are there restricted areas on Barnegat Bay?
- We hold 195 charted zones on Barnegat Bay, covering areas such as restricted, caution, and anchorage zones. Always defer to posted signage and current notices to mariners.
- Does Navi Wake show tides for Barnegat Bay?
- Yes. Barnegat Bay is coastal, so Navi Wake pulls tide predictions for it - which matters because a depth that clears at high tide may not clear at low.
- Is Navi Wake a replacement for official charts on Barnegat Bay?
- No. Navi Wake is a planning and situational-awareness tool built from public data sources. It is not a substitute for official NOAA charts, local notices to mariners, a working depth sounder, or your own judgment on the water.
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