Longitude: 71°58'0.48"W
Montauk Beach is in Fort Pond Bay- Long Island, NY. For 2/17/09, the high tide will approximately be 1.87 ft at 2:46 Eastern Standard Time, and low tide 0.28 ft at 9:54 Eastern Standard Time. The water level is about 1.23 ft, wave height approximately 1.31 ft and the water temperature is 37 degrees Fahrenheit. The sediment in Montauk is said to be garnet and magnetite rich- also mixed with monzanite and zircon. This is according to a sample done by the Geological Society of America (http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008AM/finalprogram/abstract_147360.htm). It is that the amount of "heavy, minerarl-rich sand is a product of Hydraulic segregation.
This summer in July, it was reported that a creature or the "Montauk Monster," washed up on shore. Here is a news article about it. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395294,00.html
Also, a picture of the beach: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/20/63/43/montauk-beach-in-december.jpg
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