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Five Days Left to Purchase Discounted Beach Tags

A new ordinance offers free beach tags to all U.S. military veterans who visit Ocean City beaches.
A new ordinance offers free beach tags to all U.S. military veterans who visit Ocean City beaches.

Ocean City seasonal beach tags will be available at a preseason discount of $20 only through Friday, May 31. The price moves to $25 on June 1.

To take advantage of the preseason discount, order online at store.ocnj.us. A %5 shipping charge applies.

To avoid the shipping charge, purchase tickets at the following locations (weekend hours apply on Memorial Day):

Aquatic & Fitness Center
1735 Simpson Avenue
Monday thru Friday 9:00am to 9:00pm
Saturday and Sunday 9:00am to 6:00pm

Roy Gillian Welcome Center
Route 52 Causeway
Monday thru Saturday, 9:00am to 4:30pm
Sunday 9:00am to 2:00pm

Henry S. Knight Building
115 12th Street
Monday-Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm

City Hall
861 Asbury Avenue
Monday-Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm

Ocean City Music Pier Information Center
Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk
Monday-Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm (weather permitting)
Weekends Saturday & Sunday 9:00am to 4:00pm

46th Street Municipal Building
Next to Post Office on West Avenue
Monday-Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm

For additional information visit www.ocnj.us/beachtags or call 609-399-6111.

Beach tags are required for all beachgoers ages 12 and older and are in effect from June 7, 2014 through September 1, 2014. Beach tags are free for all military veterans.

Beach tags are required in most municipalities along the New Jersey coastline.  They are a user fee to help offset the local municipalities cost of maintaining their beaches and providing lifeguards and other services such as trash removal, beach cleaning and the purchase of needed equipment and police protection. The cost of these items and all of the other beach benefits are supported by this user fee known as the beach tag.  The beach fee program was approved by the residents of Ocean City in 1976 and continued since that time to help offset all the costs associated with the beach.