Crest Beach Patrol Announce End of 2021 Season Coverage

The Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol has announced its late-season beach coverage for 2021.

All beaches will be open and protected by lifeguards, weather permitting, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Monday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day), and on the weekend following Labor Day (Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 11-12).

Due to limited available staff, 10 beaches will be protected by lifeguards from Tuesday, Sept. 7, through Friday, Sept. 10. Those beaches include Buttercup-Lavender, Aster, Wisteria, Fern, Primrose, Stanton, Miami, Syracuse, Charleston, and Washington-Jefferson.

Full lifeguard coverage for the 2021 season will conclude on Sunday, Sept. 12. A response team will be available for emergency calls from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends of Sept. 18-19 and Sept. 25-26.

Transport service for the handicapped will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Sunday, Sept. 12.

The Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol strongly advises all bathers to swim at a lifeguard-protected beach and only during the hours of operation.

For further information, call the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol at (609) 522-3825.

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