Crime & Safety
Search Suspended For Swimmer Who Drowned Off Seaside Park
It is the fourth drowning at the Jersey Shore in 2026.
SEASIDE PARK, NJ — The search for a man who drowned Friday in Seaside Park has been suspended, and he remains missing, police said Monday.
The 23-year-old Palmyra man went missing shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday near Decatur Avenue, and authorities searched for him until dark on Friday night, Seaside Park Sgt. Andrew Casole said.
The man's name has not been released.
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The search continued through the day Saturday but was suspended at that point. As of 7 a.m. Monday his body had not been recovered, Casole said.
It is the fourth ocean drowning at the Jersey Shore in 2026. Also on Friday, a 28-year-old Lacey man drowned after getting caught in a rip current in Ship Bottom.
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On May 17, a man drowned after getting knocked off his boogie board in the waves off Ocean City. His body has not been recovered.
On June 1, a 14-year-old boy on a class trip disappeared while swimming in Wildwood. His body has not been found.
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