Free NJ's Beaches

Thanks to Paul Mulshine for accurate quotes. Let's not forget that "political reality" can be changed. We deserve and will have free beaches in New Jersey. https://www.nj.com/opinion/2024/10/time-to-guarantee-access-to-the-surf-murph-mulshine.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpGEpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfG0YhsgHnh5ZKeN7U2e3vBfAAI0Rg0ne6p5FVc-sNCA96DySn5CXux-2A_aem_d2RvTIrlHML3uOcfNF7cmQ

Time to guarantee access to the surf, Murph | Mulshine That forceful arrest of a surfer in Belmar last summer brought attention to New Jersey's system of requiring beach badges. But two groups have differing ideas on how to guarantee that access.

New petition: Make NJ Beaches Free in 2023!
The new state budget just passed at the end of June does not provide for freeing the beaches this year, so the focus shifts to 2023. Please read this updated petition and sign if you agree, whether or not you signed the old End NJ Beaches Fees Now version. Thank you!

Make NJ Beaches Free In 2023 Beach fees were invented not to raise money, but to keep lower income people from sharing public facilities, and to that end, they work. See the heartbroken looks of the poor as they're turned away for lack of the price of a badge, and know that some wait until the gatekeepers and lifeguards go home...