Issue No. 31
JUL 2026
Coastal OS
The Outer
Barrier.
A live coastal layer of Long Island’s south-shore barrier islands. A place. A mode. A signal. No reviews, no rankings — local radio at night.
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The barrier · Live
TIDE · +1.2 FT EBBING
WIND · 12 KTS NE
SEA · MODERATE
WIND · 12 KTS NE
SEA · MODERATE
State: Steady
01
40.59°N · -73.65°W
Long Beach Barrier
A city, two villages, and two hamlets between the inlets. The most documented island on the barrier.
- Tide
- +1.4 ft ebb
- Wind
- 12 kt NE
- Sea
- Moderate
5 communities
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02
40.60°N · -73.52°W
Jones Beach
A long ribbon of state park between the inlets. Parkland, ocean, no municipalities.
- Tide
- +1.2 ft ebb
- Wind
- 14 kt NE
- Sea
- Moderate
State parkland
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03
40.67°N · -73.19°W
Fire Island
Carless hamlets, the Sunken Forest, the lighthouse. Seventeen communities along a thirty-mile island.
- Tide
- +0.9 ft flood
- Wind
- 10 kt E
- Sea
- Calm
5 communities
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04
40.78°N · -72.65°W
Westhampton
Dune Road, the eastern tip of the barrier, where the ocean turns toward Shinnecock.
- Tide
- +1.1 ft flood
- Wind
- 15 kt E
- Sea
- Building
3 communities
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