July 7, 2025

Free, family-friendly activities throughout the day including fishing, bird (tern) watching, kayaking, outrigger canoeing, stand-up paddle boarding and citizen science 

WHO: The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW), the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Ke Aloha Outrigger, Resilience Adventures, the Hudson River Fishermen’s Association, Our Tern and the Montclair State University Center for Water Science and Technology will be at Hoboken’s waterfront for City of Water Day.

 WHAT: City of Water Day is a region-wide day of free, family-friendly events on or near the water sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance and NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program. Now in its 18th year, this event serves to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey Harbor. Hoboken is one of many waterfront sites throughout the metropolitan region that will participate in this event. 

WHERE: The activities on Hoboken’s waterfront will take place in Maxwell Place Park at Sinatra Drive North near the boathouse at the Hoboken Cove, south of 11th Street and at the North Pier at 12th Street.

WHEN: Schedule of Events below:

  • Hudson River Fishermen’s Association & the American Littoral Society – From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. fishing clinic for all ages; catch, tag & release on North Pier, Maxwell Place Park at 12th Street – Rods, reel and bait provided
  • Fund for a Better Waterfront – 10 am to 4 pm – Information booth at the Hoboken Cove
  • Our Tern – From 9 to 11 a.m. birdwatching featuring Hoboken’s colony of terns on North Pier at Maxwell Place Park at 12th Street
  • Resilience Adventures – 11 a.m. Hoboken history kayak tour (registration required); 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Standup paddleboard lessons (registration required) and Environmental Science Activities for all ages on the beach.
  • Montclair University Center for Water Science & Technology – From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hoboken Cove – Educational materials on water quality, conservation, algal diversity and ecology 
  • Ke Aloha Outrigger – 1 to 3 pm – River trips in traditional Polynesian canoes; Na ‘Ohana o Ke Kai Festival
  • Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse – 9 – 11 am Public River Trip (reservation required); 11 am – 3 pm Kayak / SUP in cove

WHY: This year’s City of Water Day theme is unity in the face of climate change. As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, community connection is essential. Connected communities can act faster and more efficiently than individuals acting alone. City of Water Day activities celebrate our shared waters and community waterfront spaces in New York and New Jersey and create opportunities for meaningful connections that are key to a climate-resilient future.

For more information:

Fund for a Better Waterfront
Hudson River Fishermen’s Association
Our Tern
Ke Aloha Outrigger
Resilience Adventures
Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse  
New Jersey Center for Water Science & Technology
City of Water Day