Location: Toms River, New Jersey
Welcome to Freedom Boat Club of Toms River
In addition to fun at the Toms River location you also have unlimited access to the Monmouth Beach and Point Pleasant/Brick locations.
Eclectic, scenic and playful. Ocean Beach Marina offers an on-site restuarant and indoor/outdoor dining area. With an eclectic mix of vacation activities, this club offers on and off-water sea side options to please anyone. Feel free to hang around the maina and have a bite to eat. Scenic views are dockside at the tables and restuarant.
Members can explore a network of waterways, from the Toms River north to the Manasquan and Metedeconk Rivers, and from the Point Pleasant Canal to the Point Pleasant Inlet and the grand Atlantic Ocean. The area sports some of the most impressive boating and diving opportunities on the East Coast. Fishing enthusiasts will enjoy year-round surf fishing, deep sea fishing, bay fishing and winter party boats, sport fishing, crabbing and clamming.
A south heading will bring you under the Seaside Bridge to the Toms River, Berkeley Island Park and Island Beach State Park, Tices Shoal to Forked River and Barnegat. This is a vast waterway that includes the intracoastal waterway. Keep a look out as boat traffic can be heavy on the weekends. As always, check the charts for navigational markers. Always stay in the channels.
Check the website of the Garvey association http://www.jerseyoutlaws.com for the summerschedule to watch the exciting and historic Garvey races in the bay.
Anchorages at Silver Bay Cove, Lavalette area, Seaside Cove, Green Island and the Toms River bring relaxation and open water views. Navigate up the well marked channel of the Toms River for great food and spirits at Jack Baker's newley renovated River Watch restuarant/bar and Tiki bar lounge. You may catch the River Lady on the river or at the dock. She's a magestic reminder of an bye-gone era. Keep a look out for "Empress", our company Yacht. Be sure to beep and wave!
The Berkeley area offers bayside mooring balls and a free pontoon shuttle to Martel's Tiki Bar and Restuarant for a great on the water afternoon. The indoor Zagat's rated restuarant is sure to please. Open water bay views are awesome with live music and lots of activity. Afterwards visit the Seaside Heights Boardwalk - free fireworks every Wednesday night!
Enjoy sunset evenings in the Toms River, Beachwood, Applegate's cove, Pelican Island or the many "nitche" coves throughout the Barnegat Bay. There are plenty of areas to anchor, relax and enjoy the surroundings. The more boating you do the more of the bay opens up for opportunities to enjoy yourself.
And if you simply want to unwind, escape to a pretty spot on one of many private or public beaches along the Jersey Shore. New Jersey and You - Perfect Together!
Boating Requirements
As of June 1, 2008, no person may operate a sailboat or powerboat longer than 12 feet without successfully completing an approved boat safety course taught by an approved boat safety instructor. The mandatory boat safety course required shall be successfully completed.
Out of State residents, at least 16YOA, and who will be in NJ for less than 90 days, who do not possess a NJ certificate, may operate a power vessel if they possess any of the following: A boat safety cert from their state of residence Written proof of successful completion of a boat safety course endorsed or approved by another state, the USCG or NASBLA.








