Tobay Beach

This is the Town Of Oyster Bay’s Atlantic ocean beach
residents and non residents can buy in to a lovely beach day
there is a bay side with a big water spray park for kids
walk through the tunnel and you will find yourself on a sandy beach of the Atlantic Ocean
come early less of a crowd
its beautiful

Really nice playground with water park part. Not too long of a walk to the water on the sand. Lots of lifeguards but the go off duty at 5pm which is pretty early. Kept clean.

The beat beach in LI. Lifeguards are on point. Snack bars are clean and reasonable. Different communities hang out on different sections.

If you live on Long Island, you know how crowded Jones Beach gets. If you live in Oyster Bay, you know you have another option. TOBAY beach is, in my opinion, just as nice as Jones Beach (though it doesn’t have a boardwalk.) and much less crowded. It is for Town of Oyster Bay (T.O.Bay) residents only on weekends suring the summer, and thus there is plenty of space if you move down the shoreline a bit.
Minus 1.5 stars for the price. Jones Beach was $ 10 to park. TOBAY is $ 20. Holy crap

I’ll tell you why Tobay is so awesome. You’ll be greeted by some fine employees with a smile who verify visitors’ passes, get a parking spot close enough to the beach entrance, and walk meters to the shore. It’s clean, great for families and all beach lovers.

Great beach for family and kids, spacious and very clean. Lots of playing are for kids and nice water fountain.

The beach is good for children. They have a spray park area that has lots of play area for kids to climb around in. During 3 day holidays the place can get pack.
They also have a kiddie section for the beach area where the water is calm… the bay part. The sand isn’t the nicest on this side. But the shallow waters make it easy for toddlers to wall around. Tons of hermit crabs and snails to pick up and explore.
If you go through the underpass you can be on the beach side where there are waves to jump over.
The restaurant by the spray park can be pricey. Lobster roll is $ 25.
If you are not a resident of the Town of Oyster Bay expect to pay $ 50 a car. If you bought the season pass for the Town of Oyster Bay there is a separate entrance line.

Road trip!!!
Any drive crossing thirty minutes is deemed a road trip by me. There we were, cruising round the Island, the sun nice and warm, smiling faces in all the cars you pass on the road, a few jumbo kites in the sky, wind in my hair. Screeeeech! Okay erase that last bit cause no wind can flow through what I have but I’m trying to paint a picture here so relax with me.
We passed beautiful spots and a few other beaches but chose Tobay. Full disclosure, Tobay Beach chose us with their free (parking). Other spots we passed offered $ 10.00 parking but this Caribbean Queen will definitely feel some type of way about paying to play on a US beach. My apologies.
I’m not sure if it was free only on that day because I noticed signs directing «card holders drive this way».
The venue has the feel of a country club. It’s very organized from car park attendants to restaurant staff. The Spray Pen is a water/​play-​pen area for children. Then there is the nice good size beach for everyone. On this Sunday there were equal numbers of families and couples.
I counted two restaurant and bar Salsa Shack and Seafood Shack and one miniature golf course. There is an area just off the beach dedicated to the ⁹⁄₁₁ victims wih their names on benches and the wall. They also have a piece of an actual steel beam from the WTC.
Not that this is important (or it may be to some) but strange enough on my visit I was the only black person here. I know these guys have seen this type of beauty before (hehehe) but I still got some looks. I can’t say what it meant. It wasn’t unpleasant or anything I was just looked at, the way one looks at a sore thumb.
I’m truly happy I found this place. Summer time!
The End.

This beach has the best of all worlds. Nature preserve, lazy bayside swimming and playground for those with little ones, bayside dining, and a gorgeous slice of oceanfront.
Off season — in season always nice. Gentle crowds with good attitudes — just chilling and soaking up surf and sun.
Tip– bike path extended from Cedar Creek all the way to Tobay– free entry point but bring a lock — no bikes allowed in beach at all!

Great beach. I photographed a family photo shoot there last summer. The beach was clean and made for beautiful photos. If you want a photographer to meet you there, they can not get in till 5:00pm though. Just after sunrise and 1 hour before sunset is better for photos anyway.

After spending a full day at this beach, I had to update my review.
The rating is remaining the same. 3 stars. Why? Yes, it’s great that you have the option of the bay on one side, and the ocean on the other. But as great as that is, the ocean side is far too loud as the afternoon continues on. I understand kids go to the beach, and they should! But the parents here don’t practice being parents and just allow their kids to kick sand all over and yell at the top of their lungs. My relaxing morning at the beach became a headache-​filled afternoon.
The only reason I won’t dip below 3 stars is because the ocean side has an awesome concession stand that sells beer and margaritas, the restrooms are super clean, and it’s barely a walk from the parking lot through the sand. The bay side is a bit more quiet but the water is so calm that it’s TOO quiet. If only people told their kids to behave once in a while.

We’ve had the lobster roll twice. Delicious on both occasions. The fries are so addictive it’s scary. The steamers are also very tasty. I wouldn’t recommend this place on the weekends. It’s just too busy. Service was very warm and friendly.

We have been coming here since we moved to Bethpage a year ago. Thankfully since we live in Bethpage which is in the Town of Oyster Bay, we are eligible for the beach pass. We come here all the time and it’s never been too crowded, there’s always been spots available. There’s 2 sides to Tobay, one is deeper and larger, the other is smaller and the water is clear and shallow! We normally come to the shallow side which is behind the spray area. Our kids love coming here to play in the sand and the water. We bring lots of sand toys and a little cooler filled with snacks and drinks! I’ve seen plenty of people drinking wine and beer, etc and it has never seemed to be a problem. Lots of people bring big pop up tents, chairs and umbrellas. At night the waves get bigger, so watch the kids! The playground area gets very hot but the spray park area is awesome!

We visited on a September weekday. Since we are not TOB residents, we went on a day when they were not collecting a fee. Website still says they are collecting weekends. The park has a bay side with a spray park with snack bar, playground area on the sand and 2 restaurants operated by Singleton’s. I have heard mixed reviews of them both. One of them has a walk up bar where you can order drinks and bring down to sand. The bay side of the park is great if you young kids, water very shallow and no waves.
The beach side has a narrow strip of sand which fills up quickly, so come early. Not as clean as I thought it would be, but perhaps cleaner during peak season. No lifeguards on duty. Food stands were closed, only facilities open were restaurants. Looking forward to visiting next time and grabbing some drinks from bar and watching sunset.
Forgot to mention, we saw what I believe to be a finback whale about 200 yards off shore swimming west to east. Kept breaking water surface when it came up for air. Pretty cool.

TOBAY is a private beach that’s pretty unwelcoming to anyone outside of the Jericho-​Syosset-​Woodbury-​Muttontown-​Plainview-​Bethpage-​Massapequa clique (that is, unless you want to pay $ 40 a day to hang). For those reviewers and readers expecting an immaculate beach experience with pristine sand and palm trees and stuff, you’ll likely be let down. What you WILL get, however, is a far less crowded experience than at Jones or Robert Moses, some nice waterfront restaurant options, and a short walk from the tunnel to the ocean.
Growing up in Syosset, trips to TOBAY beach meant always running into people you knew, sitting in big groups, and having great times! For the past few years, most of my visits have been to Long Beach, but after coming back to post-​hurricane TOBAY, I was generally impressed with their recent improvements/​renovations. On the bay side, you can get your post-​beach sit-​down eats on at Singleton’s Salsa Shack or Singleton’s Seafood Shack, play 9 hones of mini golf for $ 2, or unleash your kids on the playground. The ocean side’s got a decent snack bar with plenty of shaded seating, restrooms, and of course the ocean.
The only oddity of all their improvements was the relocation of the outdoor showers right next to the parking lot. Even though there’s four showers and an additional three foot baths, if you’re laying out by the ocean, you’ve gotta walk under the tunnel to rinse off, then return BACK to the ocean side to change in the bathrooms. They really should either fix up the ocean side bathrooms to include showers, or toss up a few unisex changing rooms next to the showers by the parking lot… just my $ 0.02

On the barrier island east of Jones Beach and west of Cedar beach. Primarily for Town of Oyster Bay residents but if you pay $ 40 they let non res to enter. Has a beach on the bay side with restaurants and large playground for the kiddies. Ocean side clean and the waves are good for boogie boarding. Walk about ¾ mile west and hit the nude beach so be aware if you walk that way and don’t want to be suprised by it. Not nearly as crowded as Jones Beach but be aeare that since the storm last year some of the beach has eroded so that at high tide you will be squeezed in a little especially by the concession stands.

Beach is strictly for town residents otherwise there’s a hefty fee to pay if you’re visiting. Unfortunately, these fees get higher and higher with each year passing so get a good deal while you can. Waaaayy less crowded which I like. Jones beach gets a bit crazy in the summer and so congested sometimes it’s just not pleasant to go.
The beach is pleasant and clean, with a tunnel leading right to the shore. There’s a restaurant down there and facilities that are pretty accessible. But if you get a chance… grab a cooler with some drinks, sandwiches, an umbrella and make your way down here. You won’t regret it, it’s beautiful.

Need to clarify the price for non-​residents of Oyster Bay. Girls in the booth ask for your drivers license to prove where your from, then asked for $ 40 for non-​residents. Not sure if its $ 20/​person or $ 40/​car… Either way its too much and the town is clearly not interested in outsiders.
Anyone can avoid the fee by eating at the restaurant located within the confines of the parking lot/​beach. Girls told us it was a 2 hour limit, but I can’t imagine they would bother kicking you out after 2 hours.
We headed a few miles East to Cedar Beach which was $ 20/​car and quite nice.

One of the benefirts of living on Long Island are some of the best beaches in the world. TOBAY is right up there. Less crowded than most ocean beaches, open to residents of the town with a $ 50 purchased season car sticker. Non residents can pay $ 10 (I think) each occasion. OK snack bars, there are two full-​on restaurants inthe parking lot — a seafood shack and a salsa (mexican? spanish? place. I have not eaten at either. The beach is CLEAN, nto a far walk from the parking lot, you do have to walk thru the tunnel under Ocean Parkway. It’s beautiful.

The Town of Oyster Bay beach is somewhat limited to local residents from the North to South shore in the township.(vistors may be able to pay to get in) which is somewhat nice. very little transient traffic… no boom boxes, large groups looming at sunset etc.
. the beach is too close to the industrial processing plant… and there is runnoff a few miles down everytime it rains. thats not my idea of clean water. so for swimming I prefer to head further east.