Bicyclists ride on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. on May 15, 2020, the on the first day it opened during the coronavirus outbreak.
It and another popular Jersey Shore beach, Point Pleasant Beach, were among those allowing people back onto the sand with some restrictions to try to slow the spread of the virus.
On Friday, local governments gave the signal and beachgoers returned to the sand at some of New Jersey's most popular beaches, including Seaside Heights and Point Pleasant Beach.
Yet despite the teen migration, things were decidedly under control at Seaside Heights, a place with a reputation for not always being so.
Phil Murphy gave guidance to shore towns on how to reopen their beaches safely amid the virus pandemic.