NEW JERSEY COASTAL GUIDES
Cape May County beaches
Browse 852 historical NJDEP inventory records and 47 separate practical references, including listed crossings, no-path entries and dated work notices. These sets may overlap; 899 displayed references are not 899 unique entrances or beaches.
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29 published guides in this county. Use the named arrival information first; facility evidence is too limited for a feature-based recommendation. Feature counts describe documented routes, not all beaches or every entrance in the county.
Start with the named arrivals in these guides; route-specific features are still being verified. Counts refer to beaches with a qualifying named entrance, not every entrance. These are planning details, not current opening or guard duty.
Published Cape May County shore guides
Ocean City Beach
Eight miles of municipal oceanfront with boardwalk amenities and seasonal guarded swimming; choose a named entrance for toilets or mats.
Corson’s Inlet State Park Beach
Undeveloped state-park shore for walking, fishing and wildlife observation. Swimming is prohibited.
Strathmere Beach
Township Atlantic beach with street parking, seasonal patrol and a Putnam Road accessible ramp; all beaches are unguarded for the rest of 2026.
Beesley’s Point Beach
Township bay beach with parking and a listed restroom; seasonal patrol is over for 2026.
Sea Isle City Beach
Municipal ocean beach with summer tags and staffed swimming areas; dog seasons and curfew need attention.
Townsends Inlet Waterfront Park Beach
A 94th Street coastal park with a dune path, fishing, parking, picnic area, restrooms and pavilion; swimming status remains unresolved.
Avalon Beach
Municipal ocean shore with summer tags, named mat entrances and seasonal swimming patrol; construction notices and closed crossover lists require checking.
Stone Harbor Beach
Seasonally tagged municipal ocean beach with distinct swimming, surfboard and kayak zones; the conservation Point has separate rules.
Stone Harbor Point
Protected conservation beach for nature walking, fishing and beachcombing; no swimming, dog walking or boat landings.
North Wildwood Beach
North Wildwood municipal Atlantic beach at the 18th Avenue/Boardwalk reference.
Wildwood Beach
Wildwood municipal ocean beach at the Lincoln Avenue boardwalk crossing.
Wildwood Crest Beach
Wildwood Crest ocean beach at Rambler Road.
Cape May Beach
Cape May municipal ocean shore, using the Gurney Street/Beach Avenue arrival reference.
Cape May Point Municipal Beach
Cape May Point Borough beach at the Ocean Avenue/Harvard Avenue St. Peters reference, distinct from the State Park and Sunset Boulevard arrival.
Cape May Point State Park Beach
State-park coastal shore reached from the Lighthouse Avenue park, separate from Borough beaches.
Sunset Beach
Named Sunset Beach at the Sunset Boulevard terminus in Lower Township.
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
Higbee Beach WMA bay shore, with a Higbees Beach Road reference kept separate from mapped restoration closures.
Two Mile Beach Refuge
The Two Mile Beach Unit of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, separate from Diamond Beach.
Town Bank Beach
Town Bank Road/Shore Drive bay crossing, not an assertion of public rights across the whole neighborhood.
North Cape May Bay Beach
The Lincoln Boulevard/Shore Drive bay arrival in North Cape May.
Villas Bay Beach
The West Miami Avenue/Delaware Avenue bay arrival in the Villas area.
Cape May County Park South Beach
County Park South’s Delaware Bay beach, reached through the public park at 130 Bayshore Road in Del Haven.
Norburys Landing
The Millman Boulevard/Delaware Avenue Delaware Bay arrival identified by the Middle Township MPAP.
Pierces Point
The public-access reference at Beach Avenue/Carter Road, identified as Pierces Point.
Reeds Beach
The South Beach Drive/Reeds Beach Road shoreline reference, separate from Bidwell jetty.
Cooks Beach
The beach at the west end of Cooks Beach Road identified by the Middle Township MPAP.
Kimbles Beach
The bay beach at the terminus of Kimbles Beach Road identified by the Middle Township MPAP.
South Cape May Meadows Beach
The Nature Conservancy preserve beach reached by its marked trail system.
Highs Beach
The beach at the terminus of Highs Beach Road identified by the Middle Township MPAP.
Coverage and evidence
All 852 unique PA_IDs from the exact official county query are retained. Source dates span 2015–2025; January 2026 administrative edits are separately identified. No automatic guide membership or current opening is assigned. Visual entries are viewing references, not physical arrivals. The 47 selected responsible-source references are retained separately and may overlap historical records. Fourteen Avalon entries explicitly list no dune path; three work notices retain their affected-route and date scope. No deduplicated physical-entrance count is claimed.
Historical swimming, parking, badge, restroom and H_C attributes are not current permissions or amenity promises. Check the exact current manager and posted route; unknown does not mean no. Destination-level parking, toilets or facilities remain destination-scoped; they do not establish an amenity at every listed crossing.
Map pins are approximate planning references. Check the exact guide for lawful arrival and manager notices. Forecasts, tide predictions, laboratory samples and warning flags retain separate sources and dates.
This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed.