‘Ocean Fun Days’ Coming to Island Beach State Park Saturday

Ocean Fun Days (Credit: NJ Sea Grant)

The annual Ocean Fun Days event, an educational celebration of the ocean and the Shore area’s environment, is being held this weekend at Island Beach State Park.

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the park and is free. There will be free eco-tours, craft vendors, crab races, exhibitors, food vendors and more. It will be held rain or shine.

The event’s 2023 echibitors include:

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• Army Ground Forces Association
• Astronomical Society of the Toms River Area
• Berkeley Twp Underwater Search & Rescue (BTUSR)
• Clean Ocean Action
• Coastal Climate Initiative
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Fishadelphia
• Friends of Island Beach State Park
• Gateway NationalRecreation Area – Sandy Hook
• Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore
• Island Beach State Park
• Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Jenkinson’s Aquarium
• Marine Academy of Science & Technology (MAST)
• Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES)
• Marine Mammal Stranding Center
• Middlesex County College
• Monmouth County Master Gardeners/Master Composter
• Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute
• Montclair State University
• New Jersey Beach Buggy Association
• New Jersey Clean Energy Program
• New Jersey Lighthouse Society
• New Jersey Natural Gas
• New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
• New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Extension
• NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife Marine Administration
• NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry
• NJDEP Watershed and Land Management
• NOAA Fisheries
• Ocean County College
• Ocean County Department of Solid Waste & Recycling
• Ocean County Library
• Ocean County Master Composters
• Ocean County Master Gardeners
• Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• Princeton University  
• Project Terrapin
• ReClam the Bay
• Rowan University
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Sandy Hook Child Care Center
• Sandy Hook Kayak and SUP Rentals/Paddleshare
• Save Barnegat Bay
• Save Coastal Wildlife
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Stockton University
• Sustainable Jersey
• The College of New Jersey
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary
• WaterSpirit
• William Paterson University 

Ocean Fun Days will also be held Sunday at Sandy Hook, at the headquarters of the NJ Sea Grant Consortium. More information can be found at the event’s website.