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I was at Atlantic City last Saturday - a place I do not visit very often - and while I was there I stepped onto the beach for a few minutes.
It suddenly occurred to me that there is an amazing variety of beaches, beautiful and ugly - in New Jersey - and I must say that of all the NJ beaches I have visited, Atlantic City's was the ugliest. The sand was mud brown and ugly, the ocean was even brown! There were no dunes. Just plain ugly. A couple next to us were taking pictures of their baby sitting on the beach and I actually thought to myself, "who'd want a picture on this beach?"
And yet, not that far north we have a beach like Island Beach State Park which (IMO) is so beautiful, it almost rivals the Caribbean. Soft, powdery, creamy-white sand, wide-open beaches, rolling dunes and scrub, and an ocean that (I swear) at times is so colorful, it appears turquoise green!
How is it possible to have 2 beaches in the same state, not that far apart, be so vastly different?
go further south and you have the white fluffy Wildwood beaches and then the rocky beaches of cape may.. I have to agree.. AC is the worst beach.. I have no idea why anyone would go there when we have so much other beautiful beaches
I think a lot of it has to do with development and the subsequent beach replenishments that are done to maintain the beaches. It seems the beaches needing the most replenishment efforts are often not as nice as the ones that don't need it. LBI may be a bit of an exception, but I don't think the sand there is as "nice" as other areas, but it is also generally a much quieter beach.
I think a lot of it has to do with development and the subsequent beach replenishments that are done to maintain the beaches. It seems the beaches needing the most replenishment efforts are often not as nice as the ones that don't need it. LBI may be a bit of an exception, but I don't think the sand there is as "nice" as other areas, but it is also generally a much quieter beach.
People own property on Long Beach Island. Lots of privately owned beach houses along the coast of the island. LBI is getting washed away and they can't bring the sand back because they can't go on those people's properties. That's why all the stuff to do around there is moving down to Wildwood. Look at the HUGE chunk of sand before you get to the water down there. LBI is on its last leg, in another 15 years it'll be completely washed away.
Was at Venice in Los Angeles last year, that water was crystal blue and not a cloud in the sky. 90 degrees outside in April, can't beat that.
Only problem is the water out there is colder, then again it was April, not July.
You are right..I guess I could drive the 5 hours to get to a beach. But where I lived in South Jersey..I was there in 90 min. or less I went to half moon bay where the surfers go....beautiful. But I had to fly there.
I went to santa Barbara..beach is beautiful, a little cold but nice.....6-7 hours away. I miss being close to the beach....
People own property on Long Beach Island. Lots of privately owned beach houses along the coast of the island. LBI is getting washed away and they can't bring the sand back because they can't go on those people's properties. That's why all the stuff to do around there is moving down to Wildwood. Look at the HUGE chunk of sand before you get to the water down there. LBI is on its last leg, in another 15 years it'll be completely washed away.
That's mostly Loveladies and maybe Harvey Ceders. They have little public beach access, won't allow more, and can't get get Fed funding until they do. Surf City has huge dunes planted with native plants, grasses. There are some areas with nice sand beaches on the island, but I agree, they won't be there for long with the way that things are going.
My family and I travelled all the way to costa rica, hiked an hour to a secluded beach. When I got into the water I realized it was just like the ocean in Seaside Park (right next to Island Beach). Beautiful waves, 70 degree water, sun, white sand. Amazing.
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I have to agree.. AC is the worst beach.. I have no idea why anyone would go there when we have so much other beautiful beaches
