Beaches

Earlier today Seaside Heights Mayor, Anthony Vaz, announced that effective immediately the Seaside Heights ocean and bay beaches are closed until further notice. He also states: “In support of Governor Phil Murphy’s “stay home” executive orders and to further protect our public employees and residents I have instructed the borough administrator to lock the beach crossover gates until further notic

Beach badge season is over for 2019 – and if some lawmakers get their way, might never return for most teenagers in some Shore towns.

Lifeguards from Brick Beach 3 explain what you should do if you're ever caught in a riptide.

A proposed bill would give veterans and active military members free access to all NJ beaches.

The NJ DEP has awarded Berkeley Township a $136-thousand dollar Clean Communities Grant.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers want to hear from you as they put together an interim report for a Back Bays Study.

The NJ DOT has begun some dredging of the Metedeconk River and Kettle Creek Complex in an effort to restore state channels to navigable depths.

Water quality tests in Seaside Heights have come that the water is safe for swimming, so the beaches have been reopened in Seaside Heights today. It was the first time in twenty years that the beach had to be closed due to the torrential rain that we had earlier this week that had officials worried that the water would not be safe for swimmers Click HERE for the full story  

As if you need another warning not to swim without lifeguards on duty.

Toms River is about to get a whole lot cleaner with the township receiving a $209,273.00 grant from the NJ-DEP as part of New Jersey's Clean Communities Program.

A Jellyfish normally found in the Pacific Ocean that was discovered a few years ago on the Jersey Shore has returned once again. About 40 clinging jellyfish – each between 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter, and some about the size of a dime was spotted in an area off Monmouth Beach known as the Hook according to the Asbury Park Patch...

Beach-goers, leave your smokes at home.