Each page also lists the sources it uses. This is the master list. How we check facts explains what we quote, compute and judge.
Town of East Hampton
- Town of East Hampton: Beaches (lifeguard schedule, beach list)
- Town of East Hampton: Beach Dog Restrictions
- Town of East Hampton: ADA Accessible Park and Beach Amenities
- Town of East Hampton: Beach Wheelchair Information
- Town of East Hampton: Beach Safety
- Town of East Hampton: Indian Wells Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Atlantic Avenue Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Big Albert's Park and Landing Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Little Albert's Park and Landing Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Napeague Lane Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Lazy Point Beach
- Town of East Hampton: South Edison Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Ditch Plains Beach
- Town of East Hampton: East Lake Beach (Gin Beach)
- Town of East Hampton: Louse Point Beach (Internet Archive copy, March 2024)
- Town of East Hampton: Sammy’s Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Gerard Drive Park Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Flaggy Hole Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Kirk Park Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Maidstone Park and Beach
- Town of East Hampton: Beach Lane (Wainscott Beach)
- Town of East Hampton: Town Line Beach
Village of East Hampton
Village of Southampton
Town of Southampton
- Town of Southampton: 2026 Beach Parking Information and Facilities map (CP-638)
- Town of Southampton: Doggie Do's (& Don'ts) on Town Beaches and Parks (CP-653)
- Town of Southampton: Ponquogue Beach weekend lifeguards after Labor Day
- Town of Southampton: Pikes Beach
- Town of Southampton: Mecox Beach
- Town of Southampton: Ponquogue Beach Pavilion
- Town of Southampton: Foster Memorial Beach (Long Beach)
- Town of Southampton: Tiana Beach and Pavilion
- Town of Southampton: W. Scott Cameron Beach Pavilion
- Town of Southampton: Triton Beach (Hot Dog Beach)
- Town of Southampton: Flying Point Beach
- Town of Southampton: Sand Bar Beach
- Town of Southampton: Sagg Main Beach
Village of Westhampton Beach
Village of Quogue
Village of Sag Harbor
Town of Shelter Island
Suffolk County Parks
Suffolk County Health Services
New York State Parks
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Safety and science
Surf
Computed data
- Water temperature: hourly readings from NOAA CO-OPS station 8510560 (Montauk), averaged by month for 2021 to 2025.
- Sunrise, sunset, last light and direction: NOAA's solar position method (Meeus), for 40.93°N 72.30°W, with daylight saving time applied. Checked against New York City's published solstice times.
Photographs
- Dusk at Cooper's Beach, Southampton: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Children and rafts in the surf, from Toni Frissell's Hamptons series for Sports Illustrated (archival color slide): Frissell, Toni, No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress).
- Surfcasting on a Hamptons beach, from Toni Frissell's Sports Illustrated series (archival color slide): Frissell, Toni, No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress).
- Havens Beach, Sag Harbor, at low tide: CaptJayRuffins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Main Beach, East Hampton, from the air on a hazy summer day: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.
- Montauk Point Lighthouse at sunset: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- A savannah sparrow on a dune at Cupsogue Beach: Russ, CC BY 2.0.
- A bay beach on Shelter Island: Natecation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- A willet at the waterline by Shinnecock Inlet: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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