Ocean Beach Park — Attraction in City of Long Beach

I love this boardwalk. After it was rebuilt post-Hurricane Sandy, it's become the best it's ever been. Years ago, they had no food available here at all, now there are a few spots on the boardwalk itself, which is still new to some of us who have been coming here for decades 😜 The ice cream spot can almost always be guarenteed to be open, the other spots seem far less predictable. I like that its clean and well maintained, and thank god, now you can sometimes even find bathrooms still open AFTER DARK (thank god that somebody has some sense, lol) but I'm not happy that they got rid of the rental bike kiosks that they used to have here. They didn't hinder the aesthetic in any way, and they made bike rentals so damn accessible. It was perfect for anyone who lived a few or even many towns away, who just wanted to get on a bike and enjoy the sea breeze blowing in their face. Now, I have no idea where to rent a bike. Its definitely not ideal to rent one from 5 blocks away. I can't imagine why they would have gotten rid of them in the first place. This should either be reversed or an alternate option should be offered, available ON the boardwalk, and available most months of the year except of course, winter's worst. I don't mind walking but you know, bikes aren't just for kids and not everyone can afford a place out here. I hope someone takes it into...

The beach is nice and clean and the water was great. But the lifeguard could have a better attitude. I live in oyster bay but I love Long Beach. I came to the beach early cause I have things to do in the afternoon. I was here by 9:30. Still had to pay the 15 dollars. Around 11:15 I go to the water and slowly start getting use to it. When I was finally comfortable enough I went a little deeper. Just to have to lifeguard blow her whistle. She motions for me to walk to her. Then she says it's 11:30 and it's for surfers only. So I respond to her "ok". Then she goes ok so why are you in the water. Mind you there was only two surfers in the water. I told her I'm not from around here and I don't know all the rules and I saw two other ppl swimming so I thought it was ok. She responds with an attitude that they were lifeguards. They didn't have anything on that would identify them as lifeguards. She acted like I'm supposed to know all the lifeguards on the beach. She could've told me not to swim when she saw I was getting deeper into the water. Or She could've been nicer and told me to swim away from the surfers. Which now there is only one. But I sill have to wait...

Regular visitor to this beach for years, so i think i want to share the pros and cons with you: The beach is nice, sand is good and its kept clean. Five stars. The city has managed to remove all showers from the ramps leading to the beach 2 years ago and despite the insanely high beach pass prices, not managed to reinstall them. Poor showcase of major complacency. Minus one star. There are no drink, food or any kind of vendors on most of the boardwalk. Minus one star. The lifeguards constantly squeeze the visitors into a controlled area of the ocean where your fellow swimmer is more dangerous to you than the sea. I understand its to keep things safe, but it really is not safe to see people squeezed together in wake. Minus one star.

After all Long Beach has rested too long trying to harvest every penny from the beach and not spending money on it. It shows. ‐-------- Edit 2022 A year later, not a single shower built, but price hiked to 15 bucks... Thats Long Beach for you in...