The Tiki Bar and Palm Grill at the Seashell Hotel is an outdoor bar and restaurant.

Bonds’ Lifesaving Station in Holgate is now a private residence.  It was one of six stations on Long Beach Island.

Tucker’s Island was a small community on an island/peninsula just south of Holgate.  The island had been inhabited since the late 1700’s. In the 1800’s Rueben Tucker purchased the island and built a home and small tavern. The community grew. Eventually it was about half the size of Beach Haven.

The Surflight theater is in the heart of Beach Haven. They offer shows, concerts and children’s theater.

Antoinetta’s Restaurant is a Victorian Style Building on the Bay in West Creek, New Jersey.  It is accessible by boat from LBI.  My son and I would visit on our Seadoo for lunch.

Update 2020 – Fantasy Island is open with some restrictions such as masks, distancing and limited occupancy. BUT IT IS OPEN!

Fantasy Island is an arcade and amusement park in Beach Haven. Prior to it’s life as Fantasy Island, it was known as Hartman’s.

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I was looking at the New Jersey Maritime Museum’s site and came across a link to Shipwrecks along the New Jersey Coast.

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