Public beaches across both forks, with parking permits, lifeguards, facilities and car-free access.
🐕 Bringing a dog? Rules by beach, plus dog-friendly trails and stays
Ordered photos first within each hamlet, west to east.
1 beach
🌊 Right now · October
🌅 Sunrise 7:12 AM · 🌇 Sunset 5:52 PM
🟢 1 of 49 need no parking permit. Permits gate the car park, never the sand.
Several beaches lay a Mobi-Mat in season for wheelchairs and strollers.
Locals’ picks
Where the year-rounders actually go. Bay beaches, quiet inlets, and sunset haunts most rental-week visitors never find.
Beach parking
Parking here is confusing because villages inside towns issue their own stickers. Enter any East End street address and we tell you which permit you qualify for, which beaches it actually opens, and the documents to bring.
No car? Skip the permit. Most village beaches don’t gate the sand — they only gate the parking lot. If you arrive by Jitney, LIRR, bike, or on foot, you can walk straight onto the beach.
📹 Want to see it before you load the car? Every live cam on the East End.
Several beaches deploy a Mobi-Mat in season so wheelchairs and strollers can reach the foreshore. Watch for Trustees postings about the Mecox cut, and check rip current and nor'easter advisories before heading out.
The permit is a parking rule, not a door policy: it gates the car park, never the sand, so any of these beaches is yours on foot or by bike.
1 beach. That is about as picky as the East End gets — loosen one to see more.
Tide falling now, low at 4:02 AM
NOAA predictions for Montauk (8510560); the bays run later.