8 Beaches Under Swimming Advisories Along The Jersey Shore

Several bay and river beaches along the Jersey Shore are under swimming advisories on Wednesday due to high levels of bacteria, the state Department of Environmental Protection said.

The eight swimming advisories run from Raritan Bay in Monmouth County to the eastern edge of Delaware Bay in Cape May County.

New Jersey beaches are placed under a swimming advisory when the concentration of bacteria exceeds 104 colonies of Enterococci bacteria per 100 milliliters of sample, according to the NJDEP's beaches website, NJBeaches.org.

On Wednesday, Conner's Beach in Atlantic Highlands, the beach at Monmouth and Wilson avenues in Middletown and the Broad Street beach in Keyport, all on the Raritan Bay, were under advisories, along with the Memorial Park beach along the Shark River in Neptune.

In Ocean County, Windward Beach in Brick Township on the Metedeconk River and Cedar Point beach in South Toms River, on the Toms River, were under advisories.

In Cape May County, the beaches at the 42nd Place Lagoon in Sea Isle City and the beach at Baywyn and Bay streets on Delaware Bay in Lower Township were under advisories.

Updates from retesting of the water were anticipated Wednesday afternoon. If the samples still exceed 104 colonies per 100 ml of water, swimming will be banned at the sites until the bacteria level drops sufficiently.