The runoff from the weekend’s heavy rains likely brought waste from geese, seagulls, and other animals into the swimming area.<\/p>\n
As of Thursday morning, the four beaches where swimming is prohibited are:<\/p>\n
Atlantic Highlands: Highlands Recreation Center (bay beach)Belmar: L Street Beach (river beach)Long Beach Island: Stockton Ave Beach (bay beach)Sea Girt: The Terrace (ocean beach)<\/p>\n
The DEP told NJ.com<\/a> that the beaches were last tested on Wednesday afternoon. The results will be released on on Thursday along with other test results.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: NJ’s beach monitor<\/a> High levels of bacteria\u00a0could cause gastrointestinal and respiratory issues for swimmers.<\/p>\n Contact with the water can result in any one or more of the following symptoms:<\/p>\n NauseaVomitingDiarrheaAbdominal painSore throatCoughRunny nose\/sneezingSkin rash and itchingEar and eye irritationFever and chills<\/p>\n Most of the time, these symptoms are minor, DEP said. But they can occasionally be more serious, especially in children and the elderly.<\/p>\n New Jersey 101.5 Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow says there could be more heavy rains on Thursday.<\/p>\n “As our atmosphere taps into some rich moisture, these storms could spit out some impressive rainfall \u2014 a Flood Watch has been issued for part of Southwestern New Jersey (Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties), cautioning of 1 to 2 inches per hour rainfall rates,” Zarrow said.<\/p>\n Report a correction<\/a> \ud83d\udc48 | \ud83d\udc49 Contact our newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n Damage from Severe Thunderstorms of Friday, July 3<\/p>\n A strong line of thunderstorms moved across New Jersey late in the afternoon of Friday, July 3 bringing down trees onto utility poles and knocking out power for thousands.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Dan Alexander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2611\ufe0fFour New Jersey beaches closed Thursday to swimming after high bacteria readings\u2611\ufe0fForty-eight ocean, bay and river beaches remain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,12456,12459],"class_list":["post-392299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-new-jersey-news","tag-ultimate-new-jersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Belmar\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/attachment-belmar-1.jpg\")
Belmar (Bud McCormick)BelmarWhat happens if you swim in the affected water?<\/p>\n