Some families wade in the cool water.
By MADDY VITALE
The days of summer are waning, with just two weeks left until Labor Day. Visitors to the Ocean City Boardwalk and beaches Sunday enjoyed living in the moment – or day, rather – as they strolled, lounged on the sands and took some refreshing dips in the water to escape the heat.
Frank and Mariana Maloney, who live in Cherry Hill and also own a vacation home in Ocean City, had their umbrella set up close to the Boardwalk at the Eighth Street beach and watched as their grandchildren played spike ball.
“The weather has been wonderful. The beaches have been full. We’ve been here since 1982,” Frank Maloney noted of how long he and his wife have been vacationing in Ocean City.
“Ocean City is a very family-friendly resort. The kids love it,” he added.
The Maloney grandchildren enjoy a game of spike ball at Eighth Street beach.
Public parking lots were full Sunday. The air temps hovered around the low 80s. And the high humidity made the water, which was a cool 70 degrees, that much more inviting.
In recent weeks the water temps have been unseasonably cold, which was caused by an upwell effect, lifeguards have explained. Upwelling is when swells churn up cold water and it rises to the top. It takes a while for the water to warm. Water temps were often in the low 60s until recently.
Families splashed in the surf. Some kids coasted along on their boogie boards at the water’s edge as their parents waded in the water nearby.
On the boards, families waited in lines for ice cream, pizza and other Boardwalk goodies.
Paul and Amy Whitman, of Blackwood, N.J., and their son, Wesley, enjoy some ice cream.
Some families wade in the cool water.
The Boardwalk bustles.
