Ocean Fun Days

Island Beach State Park 

NJ Sea Grant Consortium

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Rain or shine both days.

Plan to join us for NJNG's 16^th annual Ocean Fun Days and celebrate the wonders of the Jersey Shore. Enjoy hands-on exhibits, classes, nature tours and children's activities. Learn from marine scientists, researchers and environmentalists how to preserve our coastal resources so we can all continue to enjoy them for years to come.

- Coastal Crafts
- Eco Tours and Workshops
- Energy Scavenger Hunt
- Children’s Games and Prizes
- Youth Fishing Clinics
- Beachcombing 101
- Face Painting
- Touch Tanks and Exhibits
- NOAA Marine Lab Open House*
- Giveaways!
 
*Sandy Hook only

Lunch can be purchased so plan to spend the day! 


Directions:

Island Beach State Park

For directions via Google Maps please click here or use these coordinates: 39° 54’ 18.98” N 74° 04′ 53.15″ W.

Garden State Parkway North or South: Exit 82 to Route 37 East.
Take Route 35 South to Island Beach State Park.*

Sandy Hook

For directions via Google Maps please click here or use 22 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732 as the GPS address.

Garden State Parkway South: Exit 117 to Route 36 East.
Follow signs to Sandy Hook, approximately 12 miles.*

Garden State Parkway North: Exit 105 to Route 36 East. Left (North) at Ocean Blvd.
Follow signs to Sandy Hook, approximately eight miles.*

*Mention Ocean Fun Days at the gate for FREE park entrance!
Park only in the designated Ocean Fun Days lots.
 

In partnership with 

        

   

New Jersey's Clean Energy Program^TM

Sustainable Jersey^TM

 2019 Exhibitors: 
• American Littoral Society
• AmeriCorps/NJ Watershed Ambassador Program
• Army Ground Forces Association
• Asbury Park Press
• Barnegat Bay Partnership
• Clean Ocean Action
• Clean Water NJ/NJ Water Savers
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
• EarthShare New Jersey
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Friends of Island Beach State Park
• Gateway National Park Service
• Island Beach State Park
• Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine
Research Reserve
• Jenkinson’s Aquarium
• Lacey Township Schools Science
• Marine Academy of Science & Technology (MAST)
• Marine Academy of Technology &
Environmental Science (MATES)
• Marine Mammal Stranding Center
• Middlesex County College
• Monmouth County Division of Planning
• Monmouth County Master
Gardener/Master Composter
• Monmouth University
• Montclair State University
• New Jersey Clean Energy Program
• New Jersey Lighthouse Society
• New Jersey Natural Gas
• New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
• New Jersey Sea Grant Extension
• NJ Beach Buggy Association
• NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife Clean Vessel Act
• NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife Marine Fisheries
• NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry
• NJ Friends of Clearwater
• NOAA Fisheries
• Ocean County Business Development and Tourism
• Ocean County College
• Ocean County Department of Solid Waste/Recycling
• Ocean County Library
• Ocean County Master Composter Program
• Ocean County Master Gardeners
• Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• ReClam the Bay
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension / Water Resources Program
• Rutgers the State University of NJ/Dept of Biochemistry
and Microbiology
• Sandy Hook Child Care Center
• Save Barnegat Bay
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Sustainable Jersey^®
• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

For additional Ocean Fun Days information, please visit njseagrant.org 
call 732-872-1300, Ext. 19.