All 44 N.J. beaches, ranked worst to best for summer 2021

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Belmar — one of the 44 beaches NJ.com visited for its 2021 edition of the New Jersey beach rankings. (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Adva

Summer’s here and the time is right — for ranking at the beach.

After a pandemic hiatus, we at NJ.com have once again taken on the awesomely arduous task of ranking every single beach in New Jersey. We did it in 2018 and 2019, and we’re doing it again. With great power comes great re-beach-ability, we know.

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