Rip Current — Eastern Monmouth, New Jersey

2011-06-09 · Eastern Monmouth, New Jersey

Wider weather episode

A 15-year-old boy drowned after getting caught in a rip current near a jetty in Bradley Beach in Monmouth County during the late afternoon on the 9th. Two other people were also caught in the same rip current. A 28-year-old woman managed to pull herself onto the jetty while a 27-year-old man was rescued by two other men. The boy's body was recovered from the Shark River Inlet near the Ocean Avenue Bridge that separates Avon-By-The-Sea and Bradley Beach on the 14th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 322764. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.