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This website is integrated with OpenLayers maps - you can zoom and scroll the imagery to get a better view. Click on a green dot to load a county map. I have also added a Message Board where you can create your own account and use to arrange meet-ups, etc.

Cliffwood Beach - Aberdeen

This area was badly damaged by the September 2026 storm and is currently closed.

Cliffwood Beach
( 40.45216, -74.22137 )

  1. Aeromarine Industrial Park ( 40.44306, -74.18967 )
  2. Lake Lefferts - Matawan ( 40.41563, -74.23362 )
  3. old saltwater pool ( 40.44981, -74.21699 )
  4. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
  5. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  6. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  7. Raritan Bay - Keyport (E) ( 40.44095, -74.19534 )
  8. Raritan Bay - Keyport (W) ( 40.43921, -74.20160 )
  9. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  10. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  11. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  12. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  13. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  14. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (E) ( 40.44787, -74.16598 )
  15. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (W) ( 40.45479, -74.17517 )
  16. Superfund Site ( 40.45776, -74.24129 )
  17. Wagner's Marina - Matawan Creek ( 40.43540, -74.21416 )

The marker in the lower-center of the map is a super-easy put-in on Whale Creek, above. The other markers are a longer slog over the beach. All have convenient free parking (don't leave your vehicle in the launching area, that's a dick move!)

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Liberty State Park - Jersey City

Liberty State Park
( 40.70139, -74.05094 )

  1. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )

Parking and launch access are free. There can be a good deal of boat traffic on the river, especially ferries, but if you are careful, you can paddle around the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

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Seat Pads

The way you sit in a kayak places almost all your weight on your butt, and there is little way to vary your position. In a short time you can get very sore. If your kayak has any kind of seat pad at all, it is a thin hard cruel joke that does not help in the least.

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