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Ocean City Guarded Beaches For July 4th Weekend
It's a great time to go swimming! As of July 1, here is the most up-to-date list of Ocean City's guarded beaches.
OCEAN CITY, NJ — Summer is kicking off! It's a great time to go swimming. But it's important to only go swimming at guarded beaches. Cape May County has suffered a rash of drownings this summer that have happened at unguarded beaches.
Just in time for the July 4th weekend, here are all of the guarded beaches in Ocean City, according to the Ocean City Beach Patrol. This list is up-to-date as of July 1.
Note that these locations are for general reference. Lifeguard stands may not be exactly at street ends as guards will set up the stand in the safest area depending on water conditions.
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Fifth Street Beach is currently closed for swimming due to exposed rocks in the bathing area, OCBP said. 53rd Street will not open this week due to unsafe rip currents; the 55th Street stand will move closer to 54th Street.
- Seaspray Road
- Surf Rd.
- Atlantic Avenue
- North Street
- Stenton Place
- St. Charles Place
- Pennlyn Place
- Park Place
- Brighton Place
- 6th Street Surfing Beach
- 8th Street
- 9th Street
- 10th Street
- 11th Street
- 12th Street
- 13th Street
- 14th Street
- 15th Street
- 18th Street
- 22nd Street
- 24th Street
- 26th Street
- 28th Street
- 30th Street
- 32nd Street
- 34th Street
- 36th Street
- 39th Street
- 42nd Street
- 44th Street
- 46th Street
- 50th Street
- 55th Street
- 58th Street
- 60th Street
For daily updates, visit the Ocean City Beach Patrol website.
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