Ship Bottom in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6429, -74.1804
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 135
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 260 km away
What time is it in Ship Bottom, New Jersey, United States
You can see the current local time of Ship Bottom, New Jersey, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Ship Bottom, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Ship Bottom
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Ship Bottom keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Ship Bottom right now
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Ship Bottom and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08008 Beach Haven — 1.0 km away
- 08092 West Creek — 9.5 km away
- 08050 Manahawkin — 9.7 km away
- 08006 Barnegat Light — 13.3 km away
- 08005 Barnegat — 13.7 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in New Jersey
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Borough Of Ship Bottom — 0.4 km
- Borough Of Surf City — 2.3 km
- Surf City — 2.5 km
- Brant Beach — 2.8 km
- Beach Haven Crest — 3.9 km
- Bay Side — 4.0 km
About the time in Ship Bottom
Ship Bottom adheres to America/New_York, a UTC−4 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Today at Ship Bottom, the sun rises at 7:08 AM and sets at 6:19 PM. That gives 11 h 12 min of daylight.
For nearby Borough Of Ship Bottom and Borough Of Surf City, use the time shown for Ship Bottom.
The mail network in Ship Bottom covers 5 codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Ship Bottom use?
- Ship Bottom uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Ship Bottom?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Ship Bottom?
- The sun goes down at 6:19 PM.