A fatal drowning at the Seaside Heights beach in New Jersey has led to stricter ocean access rules as rip current deaths ...

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A 13-year-old girl drowned in the water off a Jersey Shore beach, according to police, the second deadly drowning along the ...

Belmar Beach Patrol Chief Harry Harsin said the victim was brought ashore about 50 to 100 yards north of the Eighth Avenue jetty.

Harsin told NJ Advance Media the wind, sand bars, riptides and waves are significant factors that make ocean swimming too risky without a lifeguard on duty, regardless of how well a person can swim.

The swimmer was not identified by police, but a Coast Guard official said the victim was a young teenage girl.

A 13-year-old girl drowned in the water off a Jersey Shore beach, according to police. Calls came in to police just after 6:30 p.m. about a swimmer in distress off the 8th Avenue beach in Belmar. When ...

A 13-year-old girl has died after being recovered from the waters of a beach in New Jersey.

Dan Zarrow is Chief Meteorologist for Townsquare Media New Jersey. The Shore Report is generated semi-automatically daily at ...