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What Jersey Shore Beaches Are Guarded For Memorial Day Weekend?

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May 23, 2024

What Jersey Shore Beaches Are Guarded For Memorial Day Weekend?

JERSEY SHORE — Who’s headed down the shore this weekend? The unofficial kickoff to summer is nearly upon us and thousands will be headed to the beach to celebrate.

From Long Branch to Cape May, certain beaches will be staffed with lifeguards starting Memorial Day Weekend. Officials frequently urge beachgoers to only swim at protected beaches for safety purposes.

Here’s your guide for where to find guarded beaches at the Jersey Shore.

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GATEWAY RECREATION AREA SANDY HOOK

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Lifeguards are on duty at Sandy Hook from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Memorial Day through Labor Day. Sandy Hook’s Lifeguards are on duty at beaches C, D, and G. There are no lifeguards at North Beach or Beach E.

SEA BRIGHT

The Sea Bright Municipal Beach and Anchorage Beach are guarded.

There are seven free public beach access ways on Ocean Avenue identified by signs that provide access to the public-use area in front of the private beach clubs and are considered unsupervised municipal beaches. No lifeguards are present on those beaches and they are governed by the rules in Chapter 66 of the Code of Sea Bright.

MONMOUTH BEACH

Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion opens May 25 through 27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with lifeguards on duty.

LONG BRANCH

Municipal beaches are guarded (there are 17 lifeguard stands) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting this weekend.

SEVEN PRESIDENTS OCEANFRONT PARK

The beach opens Memorial Day weekend and lifeguards return then as well.

ALLENHURST

Allenhurst Beach Club will post daily staffing levels on their website.

ASBURY PARK

The beaches open Memorial Day Weekend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lifeguards are on duty during these hours.

OCEAN GROVE

The beach opens Memorial Day Weekend, with lifeguards on duty from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

DEAL

Deal Casino Beach Club has a waiting list for memberships and does not offer single-day beach access for swimming. For those with access, lifeguards are on duty this weekend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LOCH ARBOUR

Beaches are staffed with lifeguards starting this weekend, but operating hours were not available online.

AVON-BY-THE-SEA

Lifeguards are on site this weekend from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The designated beaches are updated here.

BRADLEY BEACH

Beaches are open and will be guarded this weekend 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SPRING LAKE

Main beaches are open starting this weekend 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

BELMAR

Lifeguards go on duty this weekend 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SEA GIRT

Lifeguards are on duty this weekend 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MANASQUAN

Lifeguards are on duty at all 17 beaches from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH

Jenkinson’s beaches are guarded 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Maryland Avenue Beach Club and Bradshaw’s Beach Club are also guarded 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

BAY HEAD

The beaches are operated by the Bay Head Improvement Association and do not open for the season until June 15.

MANTOLOKING

Lifeguards don’t go on duty until June 15.

BRICK TOWNSHIP

Brick Beach 1, 2, and 3 on the ocean, and Windward Beach Park open beginning Memorial Day Weekend. The ocean beaches are guarded 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Swimming is not allowed at Windward Beach.

TOMS RIVER/ORTLEY BEACH

Beaches open starting Memorial Day Weekend 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be guarded.

LAVALLETTE

Beaches officially open June 15.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS

Lifeguard stands are located on the ocean beach at most streets except Sherman Avenue, Grant Avenue, and Porter Avenue. The bay beach lifeguard stand is located bayside approximately 100′ south of the Stewart’s Root Beer concession.

SEASIDE PARK

Details on guarded beaches were not available.

ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK

Lifeguards are on duty 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

BARNEGAT LIGHT

Lifeguards are off duty until mid-June.

LOVELADIES (See Long Beach Township below)

HARVEY CEDARS

80th Street & Middlesex beaches will be guarded this weekend.

SURF CITY

Beaches are not guarded until June 15.

SHIP BOTTOM

Lifeguards are on duty patrolling the beach from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the lifeguard truck or All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP

Lifeguards will be on 68th St beach only from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting May 25.

BEACH HAVEN

A skeleton crew will be guarding the beaches this weekend. Specific streets were unavailable.

BRIGANTINE

Guarded beaches begin on the Memorial Day Weekend. These beaches are 15th Street South, 26th Street South and 39th Street South (weekends only).

ATLANTIC CITY

Find details on guarded beaches on the Atlantic City website.

VENTNOR CITY

Lifeguards are on beaches 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting this weekend. The beaches that lifeguards are on duty vary during the beginning and end of the summer. Call the Beach Headquarters at (609) 823-7948 for details.

MARGATE

Some beaches are protected starting this weekend 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 2024 beaches were unavailable but in 2023 these beaches were

Clermont Ave
Huntington Ave
Thurlow Ave
Washington Ave

LONGPORT

Beaches at 16th, 26th, 30th and 33rd avenues will be opened and guarded from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this weekend.

OCEAN CITY

These beaches are guarded 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

St. Charles Place
Brighton Place
8th Street
9th Street
10th Street
11th Street
12th Street
26th Street
34th Street
58th Street

STRATHMERE

Strathmere, part of Upper Township, will be guarded starting in June.

SEA ISLE CITY

These beaches are guarded this weekend (view the full season here).

40th Street
51st Street
59th Street
64.5th Street
75th Street
86.5th Street

AVALON

Beaches are guarded 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 9,12,15,18,21,24,26,28, 30 (surfing only at 30th Street),32,35,38,40,43,50,57,61,65,69,73,76,79.

STONE HARBOR

Lifeguards are on duty 10 a.m. to 5 p .m. this weekend and protected beaches are: 81st, 83rd, 86th, 87th, 90th, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 100th, 102nd, 103rd, 105th, 108th, 110th, 112th, 113th, 116th, 117th, 120th & 122nd.

NORTH WILDWOOD, WILDWOOD, WILDWOOD CREST

The beaches are free and guarded daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. starting this weekend.

CAPE MAY

Lifeguards go on duty July 1.

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N.J. group demands review of Trenton immigration arrest operation at auto shop

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February 28, 2026

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N.J. group demands review of Trenton immigration arrest operation at auto shop

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Mercer, said in a statement on Facebook that she has been briefed about the incident and her office is monitoring the situation.

Pazmino said her organization is calling on members of the community to come together.

“Brown and Black immigrant communities and nonimmigrant communities are welcome, and should be uniting against this force,” she said.

She is also calling on local officials to assist relatives of those taken into custody.

“We need to support families affected by these kidnappings, with mutual aid, donations and anything else you think will help each other,” Pazmino said.

A woman identified as Andrea, while holding her 1-year-old daughter, Genesis, tearfully spoke in Spanish about the anguish she feels and her fears about the future without her husband Christian, one of the men taken into custody. A friend, who translated her word into English, said Christian was a good and honest man.

“If he used to see a neighbor carrying something heavy, he would run to help them. If a friend needed a favor, he didn’t ask, he just did it,” she said.

Andrea (left) whose husband, Christian, was taken into custody during a raid on a Trenton auto repair shop, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Genesis, while translator Ashley Batz reads her statement in English. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

She said “his daughter was his whole world. He would wake up to her and give her kisses every morning. He would play with her after a long day at work. He loved us and protected us. He didn’t do anything wrong, so why was he taken?”

The Rev. Erich Kussman, St. Bartholomew’s pastor, said the entire Lutheran Church stands with the family.

“Anything you need, you can come to us. I want you to know that. I will stand with you, and we will do what we can to protect you, because that’s the call of the gospel of Jesus Christ,” he said.

“Standing with ICE is antithetical to the gospel of Jesus Christ, hands down,” he added. “Fifty-one times the scriptures tell us to welcome the immigrant and foreigner as one of our own. If you’re not living true to that gospel, the words of Christ himself, you are not a Christian, no matter what you claim to be.”

With immigration enforcement activity on the rise in New Jersey, lawmakers have proposed several bills to expand protections for immigrant communities. One measure called the “Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered Act” would allow individuals to file a lawsuit against ICE agents who violate their constitutional rights.

Asma Elhuni speaking at a podium — Asma Elhuni, an organizer with Resistencia En Acción NJ speaks at a press conference at St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church in Trenton, joined by pastor Erich Kussman. The group was responding to the detention of three workers at Agudo’s Repair Shop on Feb. 20, 2026. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Another proposed bill would require any business that operates a private prison or detention facility in the state to pay a tax equal to 50% of the taxpayer’s gross receipts derived from the operation of the facility during the previous year. The bill also stipulates all revenues generated would go to an “immigration protection fund.”

Recently proposed legislation would prohibit ICE agents from ever holding a public job in the Garden State, and New Jersey U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim are proposing legislation to prevent new funding for the Department of Homeland Security from being used to purchase a warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey.

Requests for comment from ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service were not immediately returned.

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Spring’s coming; Sunny, warm Saturday and significant warm-up ahead NJ

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February 27, 2026

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Spring’s coming; Sunny, warm Saturday and significant warm-up ahead NJ

A brief respite from cold weather is ahead of New Jersey this weekend, before temperatures continue to rise late next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Saturday, Feb. 28 will be sunny across the Garden State, and temperatures will be comfortable, reaching the high 40s and low 50s.

Then, a brief artic cold front is expected to move into the region late on Saturday night, bringing temps to low 30’s and some scattered snow showers on Sunday, especially in North Jersey.

During the week, a couple low pressure systems are in the NWS forecast. Little snow if any is expected from these systems, especially in the late week, when a significant warm-up is expected.

Asbury Park and Monmouth County weekend weather forecast

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: Partly sunny and a chance of snow before 1 p.m. The high should be near 39. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wildwoods and Atlantic County weather forecast

Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday: Partly sunny and a slight chance of rain before 1 p.m. The high should be near 44. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.