are you allowed to swim at night at the jersey shore. do the rules change by what beach you are at. also is there any rules for being on the beach late at night.
Night swimming Jersey Shore?
Most of the towns on the Jersey Shore have ordinances regarding how late you can be on the beach. And yes they do enforce them. Depending on the town, it's usually after 10:00.
You can swim at night, as long as the beach is still open. But I wouldn't recommend it right around sunset. That's when the sharks feed. As long as you're not alone, everyone knows how to ocean swim, and there's some light, you should be okay.
Night swimming Jersey Shore?
The only rules that actually matters are the rules governing open water survival situations. If you can recognize ripcurrents from the beach and are a strong enough and knowledgeable enough swimmer to be able to safely get back to shore when a ripcurrent that you didn't recognize pulls you a hundred yards or so offshore at 5mph , then by all means go into the black water and have a great time. If you lack the knowledge and the skills then stay on the beach or just get your knees wet.
If you do go in don't worry about the big sharks .We all that they're out there and they like feeding in under four feet of water But I can honestly say that in over 40 years of solo night swimming in the ocean I've only met a shark once and it just brushed up against me .
Fin differentiation :
1 vertical = mammal
2 vertical =fish
