Seaside heights beach along the New Jersey shore is a great place for the whole family to enjoy. Beach tags are $10 per adult and children are free. If you are late and come after 5pm, you won’t be able to get a beach tag and may be redirected to another beach. We walked 10 min walk along the boardwalk, past Funtown beach and came to another beach. This other beach is a free beach and no beach tags here which was interesting.

The beach which had the beach tag mandated seemed to have a lot of shells and small rocks which were sharp. So I skipped trying to surf board to avoid getting hurt. The boardwalk is very long with many rides, shops and arcades for the entire family or group to enjoy. The beach as always was pretty crowded.

Rides: the ferris wheel was the best part for my family and the view from there was breathtaking. There are also chair lifts which take people from one side of the boardwalk. There are several rides and arcades at Seaside, which all ages can enjoy.

Island state beach park at the end of Seaside heights (this is actually a narrow strip of island), Seems pretty busy with beach goers as well but there is no boardwalk there. One can see the Long Beach Island (LBI) Barnegat lighthouse from here which is the adjoining island strip. 

Seaside heights is a great vacation destination as there are several activities the while family can enjoy like the water park Casino pier and breakwater beach, mini golf, dry rides including ferris wheel, long boardwalk which even has chair lifts to go along the length of the boardwalk. Casino pier and breakwater beach has twilight admission rates as well which are lower prices if you prefer to go in there afternoon after 3pm.