Kayak camping, tides & launches: Long Island Sound, Rhode Island & New York Harbor

Long Island Sound, Rhode Island & New York Harbor: Coastal paddling with 240 campsites, 693 boat launches and 206 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 309 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (166 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Long Island Sound on the mapTides at Mattituck Inlet
240campsites
693boat launches
206tide stations
309current stations
166 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 3 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (11)

Permit, protocol or private (11)

Free or backcountry (2)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (192)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Tidal currents and slack water

Boat launches

Plus 556 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Block Island Sound 路 Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island 路 Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY to the Mouth of the Connecticut River 路 Long Island Sound East of the Mouth of the Connecticut River 路 Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY 路 Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 NM 路 Narragansett Bay 路 New York Harbor 路 Peconic and Gardiners Bays 路 Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM 路 South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay

Download for GPS and other map apps

240 campsites and 677 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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