If you want to go in the ocean deeper than your ankles then don't go to Avalon's beaches. If you enjoy being whistled in for standing in waist deep water and treated like a child by a 19 year old who's more interested in his tan than his lifeguarding duties, then Avalon is the place for you.

Not sure where these power-trippers learned to lifeguard, but they need to go back and relearn the basics. It’s impossible to have yourself a nice time in the water because your teenage overlords will be whistling at you, the person next to you, and the person next to them because someone stepped over some imaginary and all-important boundary on the other side of which lies, apparently, Certain Death. In all seriousness, you cannot go more than 35 feet into the water or 10 feet to the left or right of the lifeguard chair without being scolded as if you were a child and not an adult living in a free country. Ridiculous. I would recommend you spend your time and money elsewhere.

Worst beach ever. These lifeguards are stupid and useless. All day all you hear is them whistling at people for being to far left or right and more than 10 feet in the water. Don’t waste your money, go elsewhere.

The beach is nice and clean, and not too crowded. And for a good reason! Access to the beach is $6 a day... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? They argue it's for the beach cleaning... Funny because the other beaches around are clean too, and free... I never paid to access a beach in my entire life, but after 36 years I finally made it! I paid to access a public place! Oh and the worst is yet to come: it's called BEACH PATROL. These people are crazy security maniacs. You can hear their annoying whistle every 5 seconds no kidding! And some of them are watching you closely, in the water, yes! And they catch you as soon as you deviate to 5 feet right or left of the imaginary border nobody can see. Do they think it's their swimming pool or what? Hey guys it's called the ocean, and it belongs to the human being, and who is paying you to cut my fun down that way?? Oh yeah I paid for that when entering the beach, I remember. AVOID this beach by any means, other beaches around are the same quality. also the gas is more expensive in Avalon than any other places around. Who do they think they are? so yeah places like Sea Isle are crowded, I know, but there is another better place close to: Cape May. This city has a heart, bunch of stores and tourist stuff, non crowded beach and nice and clean too. It's not one of these many boring sleeping place along the NJ shore such as Avalon. It's a real city full of daily events and welcoming people. Go to Cape May instead of Avalon! Avalon beach patrol sucks so much that you will forget why you ever came.

The employees such as lifeguards are fine, just college kids doing their job. But the owner's have a monopoly on the system and change the rules from year to year and end up screwing over beach goers as well as their own employees. Their have even been numerous lawsuits involving them yet nothing has changed in the management.

They just don't get it. Was at 63rd Street with my wife and two daughters surfing today -- 7 and 9. I originally had my board out with me, but the waves were small and the girls needed help, so I took my board in to the beach. There were maybe 4 other people surfing over 2 blocks, so my wife and I swam out to help push them in and teach them. It was 2 hours after low tide, so we could basically stand and push them in. I've been surfing for 32 years. We did this for about an hour, when all of a sudden one of the Beach Patrol cars showed up and two lifeguards came sprinting down to us. If I didn't know better, i'd of thought they spotted a shark. So we got out and some kid with a mask on gets out of his car and tells us if our kids need surf lessons, we should go to 30th Street. When I explained that I've been surfing over 30 years; that I'm their father; that this is how kids learn safely; that there was no one around us and only 4 other people surfing; and that I had my board sitting on the beach, the kid responded: "1 board, 1 person. What don't you understand?!" Total jerk and total incompetence from the top of the Beach Patrol and Avalon, if this is the person interacting with families trying to enjoy a beautiful day together, post 3 months of quarantine. Moreover, any competent surfer would tell you there are way too many young kids in the water who don't know how to handle a board and are a danger to themselves and everyone else around them. And it's not their fault, because some of them don't have anyone to teach them and can't afford $100 for a 30 minute lesson up at 30th Street like that punk suggested. Personally, I love it when I see an adult or older kid out with a younger kid, showing them the ropes -- what to do, and more importantly, what not to do. Of course, if it's crowded, I expect the guards to whistle me out. But not when I'm 50 yards from anyone, trying to teach my daughters safely. To the guards who watched us and said nothing for the first hour -- you get it. We were being safe and weren't posing a danger to anyone else. To the punk kid who drove up in the car on the beach, as well to his bosses who obviously failed to properly train him, you've got a lot to learn about ocean safety. Unfortunately, you'll never git it because you already think you know everything.

44th st. Beach....walk thru a beautiful nature preserve....smell like summer camp......and then you hear the sound of the waves as your zen place comes into view.

Its just an evening and peaceful beach. Walk or jog as long you can. Its a family place.

So many Great guards Mary Wolfe still.. (at the helm)..

Beautiful beach excellent atmosphere