All 45 New Jersey beaches, ranked worst to best for summer 2025

Jersey's Best Beaches

We're back to rank all the Jersey Shore beaches for 2025!Star-Ledger file photo | Canva Illustration

Summer is finally upon us. And that means it’s time to enjoy New Jersey’s greatest natural and cultural asset — the Jersey Shore.

The Garden State might as well be renamed the Beach State, because we have more than 140 miles of absolutely gorgeous shoreline with supreme sandy beaches. New Jersey has such an abundance of beach wealth that picking which beach to go to can sometimes be overwhelming.

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