Beachgoers endure rainy start to Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey Shore

The climate was cloudy and misty because the unlocking of the ocean occurred in Ocean Metropolis, adopted by the Enterprise Individuals Plunge.

Enterprise house owners and members of charitable organizations marched into the ocean, formally kicking off the beginning of the summer time seashore season.

“I assumed it was going to be chilly, however it was truly actually refreshing,” mentioned Heather Neville, proprietor of Goodies.

The ocean was a lot too chilly for 2-year-old Hadley and her dad, so she arrange store a bit of farther again on the seashore path.

“It is too windy, and you may really feel the mist, the fog, and the rain hitting you down there, so we’re simply taking part in down right here,” mentioned Michael Lloyd of Ambler, Pa.

In Longport, the fog lingered into the afternoon.

One group rapidly deserted their seashore plans once they noticed the circumstances.

“We got here down, thought we had been going to get some solar and clearly not,” mentioned Jennifer Munn of Chalfont, Pa.

Many individuals on the shore attend Memorial Day ceremonies to watch the true that means of the vacation.

There might be a Memorial Day service Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Veterans Park in Ocean Metropolis.