NJ Weekly Beach Reports

Beach Report Update- 8/15/2019

On Wednesday, August 14 there were beach closures in Spring Lake/Sea Girt "The Borough of Spring Lake has given notification of the opening of the knife gate from the Wreck Pond ocean outfall for the current low tide to lower the lake in anticipation of the weather forecast of impending significant rainfall to avoid flooding the surrounding community. 

According to their Operation & Maintenance Plan for their outfalls, the 4 surrounding ocean beaches are closed as a precaution while the gates are open & for 24 hours after closure. Therefore, Brown Ave & York Ave in Spring Lake & The Terrace & Beacon Blvd in Sea Girt are closed."

As of Thursday, August 15 there are no beach closures or advisories! More information on NJ DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program can be found at njbeaches.org. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and any closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May.

Beach Report- 8/13/2019

Happy Tuesday! Once again, there is a water quality advisory for the 25th St Bay Front Beach in Barnegat Light Borough. Today, the water quality level of enterococcus was recorded at 190 cfu/ 100mL, which exceeds the DEP water quality standard criteria of 104 cfu/100mL. 

Swimming advisories are issued by the local health agency when any sample exceeds the DEP standard during initial testing and do not automatically result in beach closures.  Additional sampling is conducted until water quality results once again are within the standard values.  More information on NJ DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program can be found at njbeaches.org. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and any closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May. Stay tuned to COA’s social media every Tuesday throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates! 

Beach Report Update- 8/7/2019

25^th St. Bay Front Beach (Barnegat Light Borough), which was under a water quality advisory on Tuesday and tested under CCMP showed that enterococcus concentrations returned to normal/below DEP standard criteria. 

Beach Report- 8/6/2019

This is the third consecutive week where 25^th St Bay Front Beach in Barnegat Light Borough is under a water quality advisory. Yesterday the measured level was 470 cfu/mL which is above the DEP water quality standard criteria of 104 cfu/100mL. Additional sampling will occur until the level is below the standard. If the level is above the standard the next time it is sampled on Tuesday, the result will be a beach closure.

Use caution while swimming as there is potential for unhealthy water conditions. 

Beach Report Update- 7/31/2019

Following yesterday’s water quality advisory for 25^th St Bay Front in Barnegat Light Borough, additional testing was conducted to show levels still above the DEP water quality standard criteria of 104cfu/100mL . This beach was closed today and will continue to be closed until water quality results are within the standard values.  Clean Ocean Action will follow with updates. 

Beach Report- 7/30/2019

Happy Tuesday! There is a water quality advisory this week for 25^th St Bay Front in Barnegat Light Borough, following a closure last Tuesday. Water sample showed enterococcus concentration as 280 cfu/100 ml, which exceeds the DEP water quality standard criteria of 104 cfu/100 ml.

Windward Beach in Brick Township was closed for four consecutive days last week (Wednesday through Saturday) due to enterococcus levels exceeding the standard, but has been reopened after testing yesterday. According to NJ.com, DEP officials asked Brick Township for sewer maps in an attempt to find the source of contamination and conducted a sanitary survey. Clean Ocean Action will follow with updates.

Swimming advisories are issued by the local health agency when any sample exceeds the DEP standard during initial testing and do not automatically result in beach closures.  Additional sampling is conducted until water quality results once again are within the standard values.  COA will update these results as and when they become available.

Additional information on NJ DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program can be found at njbeaches.org. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and any closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May. Stay tuned to COA’s Facebook page every Tuesday throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates! 

Beach Report Update- 7/25/2019

Following Monday’s sampling which showed enterococci exceedances above 104 cfu/100 ml, water quality advisories were issued for five beaches, which were reported earlier.

These beaches were sampled again on Tuesday as per CCMP requirements and based on results, water quality advisories were lifted for three beaches (North Wildwood city, Wildwood city, Bay Head Borough).  Two beaches in Ocean County had higher than standard enterococci results and were closed for all contact recreational activities.  These beaches are 25^th St Bay Front in Barnegat Light Borough and Windward Beach on the Metedeconk River in Brick Township.

A repeat sampling of these two Ocean County beaches were conducted on Wednesday by DEP and the results are available on njbeaches.org.  As per the results, Windward Beach still remains closed while 25^th St Bay Front Beach is now open!

Beach Report- 7/23/2019

Happy Tuesday!  As per njbeaches.org, 209 beaches are open currently and met the CCMP recreational water quality criteria for enterococcus during testing this week.  Five (5) beaches in Ocean and Cape May Counties have been placed under a water quality advisory as samples exceeded the enterococcus recreational criteria of 104 cfu/100 ml.  These beaches are North Wildwood City and Wildwood City in Cape May County, along with Barnegat Light Borough, Bay Head Borough, and Brick Township in Ocean County. 

Swimming advisories are issued by the local health agency when any sample exceeds the DEP standard during initial testing and do not automatically result in beach closures.  Additional sampling is conducted until water quality results once again are within the standard values.  COA will update these results as and when they become available.  Additional information on NJ DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program can be found at njbeaches.org. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and any closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May. 

Stay tuned to COA’s Facebook page every Tuesday throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates! 

Beach Report- 7/10/2019

Yay! No Beach water quality advisories/closures…Enjoy your time at the beach by following conscious practices: E.g.  Do not litter, dispose of wastes in appropriate receptacles, and try to avoid using single-use plastics.

NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program CCMP) administers a weekly monitoring on the water quality of 180 ocean and 35 bay monitoring stations in NJ from mid-May to mid-September every year. These tests analyze water samples for the presence of Enterococci, which is a type of bacteria in animal and human feces. The bacteria counts from water monitoring are used to see if our recreational waters are safe, or present a health hazard. If Enterococcus counts are above the state’s standard (104 cfu/100 ml), beach advisories or closings may be issued. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May.

Stay tuned to COA’s social media throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates! More detailed information on NJDEP’s CCMP can be found at https://njbeaches.org.

Beach Report-7/3/2019

Photo Courtesy of Todd Thompson

Due to a malfunction at Cape May County’s Municipal Utilities Authority’s Seven-Mile Treatment Center, three Cape May County beaches were given a water quality advisory this week. The beaches under advisory are the 10^th & JFK Beach in North Wildwood City, Bennett Beach in Wildwood City, and Lavendar Beach in Wildwood Crest Borough. The beaches were closed on Monday as a precaution and reopened on Tuesday, still under advisory for levels of enterococcus. Additional sampling was done and as of Wednesday, all advisories have been lifted. All beaches are now open and met the water quality criteria for enterococcus.

NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program (CCMP) administers a weekly monitoring on the water quality of 180 ocean and 35 bay monitoring stations in NJ from mid-May to mid-September every year. These tests analyze water samples for the presence of Enterococci, which is a type of bacteria in animal and human feces. The bacteria counts from water monitoring are used to see if our recreational waters are safe, or present a health hazard. If Enterococcus counts are above the state’s standard (104 cfu/100 ml), beach advisories or closings may be issued. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and closings on 215 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May.

Stay tuned to COA’s Facebook page every Tuesday throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates! More detailed information on NJDEP’s CCMP can be found at https://njbeaches.org.

Beach Report- 6/25/2019

 

Happy Tuesday! As per njbeaches.org, 205 beaches are currently open and met the CCMP recreational water quality criteria for enterococcus during testing this week.  There were no water quality advisories or closures this week. Dolphins were seen from Seaside Park to Holgate, along with Ship Bottom and Beach Haven during the daily beach flight reports!

Additional information on NJ DEP’s Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program can be found at njbeaches.org. Throughout the summer, Clean Ocean Action will be providing updates on beach monitoring results, advisories and any closings on 216 public beaches along the coast of New Jersey from Highlands to Cape May. Stay tuned to COA’s social media every Tuesday throughout the summer for beach water quality monitoring updates!

Keep beaches clean by avoiding and/or minimizing the use of single-use plastics as they are the largest category of marine debris.