Welcome to Coastal Living LBI, an online magazine celebrating the coastal lifestyle of Long Beach Island, NJ
Blooms With a View
Beautifully arranged blooms with a view on midsummer at the shore is the work of Kristin Adams, owner of Sea Lavender Flowers in West Creek, NJ
Surfing’s Dirty Little Secret
Surf’s up and so is an appetite for ecofriendly plant-based surf boards. What’s feeding that interest is what some are calling the surfing industry’s dirty little secret.
That secret has to do with surfboards.
Come Hell and High Water
Award winning authors Margaret Thomas Buchholz and Scott Mazzella talk to us about the hell that rolls in with high waters from Jersey shore storms.
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Pass Me the Bottle Honey, I’m Comb
Beekeeping and glass blowing. Two disciplines with more in common than you might think.
When a Puzzle is a Work of Art
There’s an art to piecing together a puzzle, especially when the puzzle is a piece of art from PTB Puzzle Co (Pictured left to right Cathleen Engelsen and Judi Brooks)
Sticks, Stoked and the Surf Crazed ’60s on LBI
We caught up with filmmaker David Kaltenbach for a deep dive look at his historical surfing documentary Addicted to Surf and the ’60s surf craze on LBI.
Waiting Room
Waiting Room
Backstage at Comedy Night at the Surflight Theater
Fish Sticks
Longtime fishing rod maker Jeff Davis passes on a legacy of keepers.
2026 Outdoor Living and Garden Tour
Hard work and determination by The Garden Club of LBI bring this annual event to life.
Space. Sanctuary. Special.
Princeton artist Fay Sciarra offers suggestions on how to turn a guest room into a great room.
Have Books Will Travel
When mobile bookstores like Sand Bar Story Shack on Long Beach Island, NJ take to the road they are pure poetry in motion.
Talk Funny to Me
Surflight Theater standup comedians get down on why comedy is great but business, eh, not so much.