Get those summer plans set and purchase your badges in advance. Long Beach Island towns welcome you to use their beaches. Each town also charges a small user’s fee for upkeep, maintenance and protection and had certain rules beachgoers are asked to follow.
Beach Badges are required when lifeguards are on duty—from early June until a week or so after Labor Day. Badges are good for beaches within the municipality for which they were purchased. Click here to go to our online visitor center.
Beach Badges for Long Beach Island
BARNEGAT LIGHT – 609-494-9196
10 E 7th Street
$30 – Pre-Season (through 6/5)
$40 – Seasonal
$22 – Weekly (Sat. to Fri.)
$5 – Daily
$12 – Senior 65+ (Must buy in person)
Badges are required on all Barnegat Light beaches (Ocean and Bay) for all persons age 12 and over. Surfing is permitted in areas outside of the lifeguard flags. There is a $1 surcharge for badges purchased on the beach.
BEACH HAVEN BOROUGH – 609-492-0111
300 Engleside Ave
$30 – Pre-Season (through 5/31)
$40 – Seasonal
$20 – Weekly (Sat. to Fri.)
$10 – Daily
Free – Children 12 & under, Active military and their dependents, with proof
Adults 65+ may purchase a lifetime senior badge for $12 which may only be obtained at Borough Hall Beach Badge Office, with ID.
HARVEY CEDARS – 609-494-2843
Ticket booth at Sunset Park, West Salem Ave.
$35 – Pre-Season (through 6/15)
$45 – Seasonal
$20 – Weekly (Sat. to Fri.)
$7 – Daily
$12 – Senior 65+ (Must buy in person)
SHIP BOTTOM – 609-494-2171
1621 Long Beach Blvd.
$35 – Pre-season (through 5/31)
$45 – Seasonal
$10 – Daily
$10 – Seniors 65+ seasonal rate with ID
Free – children under 11, Active military with family & military ID
SURF CITY- 609-494-3064
8th Street & Long Beach Blvd.
$45 – Seasonal ($35 if purchased between 5/1/22 – 5/31/22)
$20 – Weekly (Sat. to Fri.)
$10 – Daily
Free – Children 11 & under, Seniors 65+
Anyone who is 12 years of age through 64 years of age is required to wear a beach badge. Children 11 years of age and younger and seniors 65 years of age and older are not required to wear a beach badge.
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP – 609-361-1000
68th & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach
$35 – Pre-Season (through 6/15)
$45 – Seasonal
$20 – Weekly (Sat. to Fri.)
$10 – Daily
$5 – Senior 65+ with ID in person
Free – Veteran with ID, children 11 and under
Long Beach Twp. badges are required for High Bar Harbor, Loveladies, North Beach, Brant Beach, Beach Haven Crest, Brighton Beach, Peahala Park, Beach Haven Park, Haven Beach, The Dunes, Beach Haven Terrace, Beach Haven Gardens, Bay Vista, Spray Beach, North Beach Haven, Beach Haven Heights, Silver Sand, Beach Haven Inlet, and Holgate.
ACCESS RAMPS FOR THE HANDICAPPED are placed at certain beaches in the middle of June:
Barnegat Light – 9th and 29th Streets
Beach Haven – 5th, Pearl & Centre Street
Brant Beach – 68th Street
Harvey Cedars – 80th Street & East Mercer Ave.
Loveladies – Dolphin St, Beach Access between Wings La & Loveladies La
Peahala Park – 92nd Street
Ship Bottom – 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, & 25th Streets
Surf City – 12th Street – access ramp on Oceanside
