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Boardwalk Days

New London's city-owned beach park on Long Island Sound: a half-mile of sugar-white sand plus a boardwalk, triple waterslide, arcade, mini golf and an Olympic-size pool, with calm Sound water made for families.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Garages, lots & meters

Sunset

Sunset countdown & live cam

Dining

Where to eat after the sand

Things to Do

Cruises, sails & tours

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Ocean Beach Park

Half-mile sugar-sand beach with the boardwalk

City park · admission

Waterford Beach Park

Quiet town beach just west

Residents · guests

Harkness Memorial Park

State park lawns and shoreline in Waterford

State park · fee

Eastern Point Beach

Groton town beach across the Thames

Residents · guests

Rocky Neck State Park

Crescent Sound beach 20 min west

State park · pavilion

Green's Harbor Beach

Small local New London stretch nearby

Local feel

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Mystic

20 min east

Mystic Seaport, the aquarium and the village drawbridge

Groton

10 min east

Submarine Force Museum and the USS Nautilus

Niantic

15 min west

Bay boardwalk, Book Barn and Rocky Neck

Waterford

10 min west

Harkness Memorial Park and the Eugene O'Neill Theater

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Ocean Beach Park. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

At Ocean Beach Park, the sun sets at 4:44 PM today — about 10h 22m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:22 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Ocean Beach Park update at the top of the conditions page.