141 Miles — Every Jersey Shore Town

MatchdayWorld Cup 2026 · Thursday, June 18

Czechia vs South Africa

12:00 PM ET

Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Also today: Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3:00 PM · Canada vs Qatar, 6:00 PM · Mexico vs South Korea, 9:00 PM

Watch it at the Shore

Free party

FIFA World Cup at Pier Village: Summer of SoccerLong Branch

Free party

Red Bank World Cup Watch Parties (Count Basie Park)Red Bank

Free party

WorldCupAC Beach Soccer TournamentAtlantic City

Every match, every venue →

Where are you headed?

Six zones, north to south. Pick yours.

The Bayshore

Raritan Bay towns with Manhattan on the horizon.

8 town guides

The Monmouth Coast

Sandy Hook to Manasquan. Train towns, boardwalks, the Irish Riviera.

25 town guides

Barnegat Bay

Both sides of the bay: the boardwalk peninsula plus Brick and Toms River.

17 town guides

LBI

Eighteen miles of island, one causeway, no boardwalk.

7 town guides

Atlantic City & Downbeach

Absecon Island: the casino city and its quieter neighbors, plus Brigantine.

9 town guides

The Jersey Cape

Ocean City to Cape May Point, the Philadelphia half of the Shore.

14 town guides

Find your town →Shore Index →

Today · June 18

updated 1:12 pm

Rip Current Statement in effect. Knee-deep only, watch the lifeguard.

Tonight

North 2 Shore And Asbury Jams Presents Eddie 9v · Asbury Park
North 2 Shore Presents Surfing For Daisy · Asbury Park
Brigantine Food Truck Festival · Brigantine

This weekend

World Cup watch party: Team USA at Count Basie Park · Red Bank
World Cup watch party: USA vs Australia at Count Basie Park · Red Bank
World Cup watch party: Team USA at the Middletown Arts Center · Middletown Township
World Cup watch party: USA Day at Pier Village · Long Branch

+8 more →

Places

All places →

Bakin' Bagels
Bagel Shop in Ortley Beach
Charlie's of Bay Head
Restaurant in Bay Head
Last Wave Brewing
Brewery in Point Pleasant Beach
Barnacle Bill's Amusements
Mini Golf in Seaside Heights

News

By town →

Soccer fans mob D'Arcy's Tavern in Bradley Beach for U.S. World Cup opener
Throughout the rapturous first half these fans paid their national team the ultimate compliment: None of them scrolled their phones.
N.J. got 250 free World Cup tickets for kids — here’s who is handing them out
Airbnb, the short-term rental platform, is providing the tickets that will be distributed by the Raritan Bay Area YMCA, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern New Jersey and Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey.
HGTV Show Seeks Shore Homes For $150K Makeover
JERSEY SHORE — Homeowners living near the beach with unusual, outdated or hard-to-explain houses could have a shot at a major renovation through the HGTV series “Ugliest House in America.” Casting is now open for homes near the water that stand out for all the wrong reasons. Pro…
Boardwalk Claw Machine Named NJ’s Most Unexpected Romantic Spot
  NEW JERSEY – Forget candlelit dinners. In New Jersey, romance may be hiding between flashing arcade lights and one more attempt to grab a stuffed animal. A new survey from ACE.com found that the Jersey Shore boardwalk claw machine ranked as New Jersey’s most unexpectedly …

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The places you keep recommending to friends

Every reader gets ten sand dollars to give to the Shore places that actually matter to you. Using one on a place says “I’ve been there, I’d go back, and I tell all my friends about it.” Gatekeeping is for the birds.

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