Barnegat Bay at Waretown (IN MLLW)
Highest listed crest 4.54 ftFlood stage 2.1 ft16 crests since 2021
The Barnegat Bay at Waretown (IN MLLW) crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 16 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2026. The highest, 4.54 ft on September 27, 2026, was major flooding, 2.44 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 4.54 ft
- September 27, 2026
- Flood stage
- 2.1 ft
- Major flooding from 4.1 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 68th of 125 gauges in New Jersey
- Most recent flood crest
- October 22, 2026
- 3.19 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Flood stage (minor) | 2.1 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 3.1 | 15 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Major flood stage | 4.1 | 1 | Sep 27, 2026 |
Every listed crest
16 crests from 2021 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Sep 27, 2026 | 4.54 | +2.44 | Major |
| 2 | Oct 13, 2025 | 4.03 | +1.93 | Moderate |
| 3 | Dec 16, 2022 | 3.75 | +1.65 | Moderate |
| 4 | Oct 29, 2021 | 3.73 | +1.63 | Moderate |
| 5 | Feb 2, 2021 | 3.66 | +1.56 | Moderate |
| 6 | Oct 30, 2025 | 3.62 | +1.52 | Moderate |
| 7 | Jan 10, 2024 | 3.56 | +1.46 | Moderate |
| 8 | Oct 3, 2022 | 3.40 | +1.30 | Moderate |
| 9 | Apr 4, 2024 | 3.31 | +1.21 | Moderate |
| 10 | Dec 18, 2023 | 3.24 | +1.14 | Moderate |
| 11 | Dec 23, 2022 | 3.23 | +1.13 | Moderate |
| 12 | Aug 21, 2025 | 3.20 | +1.10 | Moderate |
| 13 | Oct 22, 2026 | 3.19 | +1.09 | Moderate |
| 14 | Oct 11, 2021 | 3.16 | +1.06 | Moderate |
| 15 | Sep 23, 2024 | 3.12 | +1.02 | Moderate |
| 16 | Sep 23, 2023 | 3.10 | +1.00 | Moderate |
Other gauges in Ocean County
| Barnegat Bay at Barnegat Light (IN MLLW) | 6.39 ft, Oct 29, 2012 | 2 |
| Barnegat Bay at Mantoloking (IN MLLW) | 7.21 ft, Oct 30, 2012 | 5 |
| Barnegat Bay near Bayshore (IN MLLW) | 6.82 ft, Oct 30, 2012 | 2 |
| Tuckerton (IN MLLW) | 10.13 ft, Oct 29, 2012 | 5 |
| Manahawkin Bay at Ship Bottom (IN MLLW) | 7.34 ft, Oct 29, 2012 | 2 |
| Lakewood | 11.40 ft, Aug 28, 2011 | 2 |
| Toms River | 13.62 ft, Aug 29, 2011 | 0 |
| Stafford Forge | 13.08 ft, Nov 24, 2009 | 0 |
Ocean County: every hazard · River floods across the country · New Jersey
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WATN4, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.