Avalon Beach Info

Published on Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Beach Tags 2009

To partially offset the cost of maintaining and protecting its beaches for your enjoyment, Avalon requires that beach tags be worn by all using the beach, 12 yrs. or older, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. , June 1 through September 7, 2009.

Pre-season beach tags may be purchased weekends beginning April 11 at the Beach Tag Booth at Community Hall.

Other beach tags may be purchased daily April 25 through September 7 at the booth on or beginning June 1 from beach tag inspectors on the beach.

Beach tag fees are: pre-season (purchase on or before May 31) $19.00; season tag (effective June 1) $24.00; weekly (Saturday through Saturday) $12.00 and daily $6.00. Reciprocity of beach tags is observed between Avalon and Stone Harbor.



Seasonal beach tags can also be ordered through the mail this Spring. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope, along with a check, to:

Avalon Tax Office/Beach Tags

3100 Dune Drive

Avalon, NJ 08202

Make check payable to: Borough of Avalon. Please indicate how many seasonal beach tags you are ordering at the $19.00 preseason price. You will be mailed a receipt from the tax office. During your next visit to Avalon, redeem your receipt for the number of beach tags that you ordered. Actual beach tags are not sent through the mail. Checks must be received at the Avalon Tax Office no later than May 29th, 2009. Weekly and daily tags cannot be ordered through the mail.

DOGS On the Beach

Dogs are not permitted on the Avalon beach, boardwalk, or dunes anytime between March 1st and September 30th. In other areas of the Borough, dogs must be kept on a leash (when not confined) and their droppings must be retrieved immediately by the person in charge of the dogs.

Protected Beaches

For your protection, bathing and swimming are permitted only at protected beaches where lifeguards are on duty 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM May 25th through September 13th, 2009. Use of rafts and surfboards are permitted only at designated beaches.

(A) Between Monday, May 25th 2009 through Friday, June 12th, 2009:

Because of a reduced workforce of lifeguards, not all protected beaches will be covered and, therefore, between the hours of 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, prevailing time, excluding inclement weather, bathing will be restricted to only those beaches where lifeguards are on duty.

(B) Between Saturday, June 13th, 2009 through Sunday, August 23rd, 2009:

Lifeguards will be on duty between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, prevailing time, excluding inclement weather, at all designated beaches, and bathing will be restricted to such designated beaches.

(C) Between Monday, August 24th, 2009 through Sunday, September 13th, 2009:

There will only be a limited number of lifeguards on duty. They will be assigned to one (1) or more designated bathing beaches as the number of available personnel permits and circumstances may require.

Disclaimer:

Warning! If you swim before 10:00 AM or after 5:00 PM or when lifeguards are not on duty or if you swim at a beach which is not a designated beach, you do so at YOUR OWN RISK and the Borough of Avalon assumes no liability or responsibility.



OPEN BEACHES

9,12,15,18,21,24,26,28, 30,32,35,38,40,43,50,57,61,65,69,73,76,78



RAFT BEACHES (use of rafts and inflated objects)

9, 12, 18, 24, 28, 35, 40, 50, 61, 69, 78



SURFING BEACHES

30TH Street and either side of the 12th Street lifeguard stand, but not near bathers



VOLLEYBALL/FRISBEE

Beaches between 38th Street and 76th Street, with the exact locations to be designated by and under the control of the Beach Patrol Captain; and also 31st Street, behind Community Hall.



Surf fishing is permitted between 40th St. and 60th St. on the beach but not near designated beaches with swimmers. Beach Badges are Required.



If interested in trying out starting wages are $11hr. with bonus. Test for life guarding is June 7th 930am. At 32nd st. and the beach at the Lifeguard HQ.

Handicapped Access:

Ramps to the boardwalk are located at 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, and 32nd streets. Handicapped ramps are located at 21st, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 32nd streets. There are ramps from the boardwalk to the beach at 30th Street, to the beach at 8th and Avalon Avenue, and to an observation platform and to the beach at 80th Street. Hard packed gravel paths from the street to the beach are located at 32nd, 38th, 48th, and 60th streets. Handicapped parking is available at 30th and 32nd streets. There are surf chairs available for the disabled at 8th, 30th, and 80th streets. Please call the Avalon Beach Patrol at 967-7587 to reserve a surf chair. Handicapped accessible bay front piers are located at 20th and 5th Avenue, 22nd and 6th Avenue, 23rd, 33rd, 37th, and 57th streets. Handicapped restrooms are located at the 10th Street & Dune Drive recreation field, the Senior Center at 31st Street and Dune Drive, between the Fire and Police Department at 31st and Dune Drive, Avalon Borough Hall at 32nd Street and Dune Drive, and Community Hall, at 30th Street and the beach.