Upcoming Events

Friday Family Series - Become a Lifesaving Inventor!
Jul
18

Friday Family Series - Become a Lifesaving Inventor!

Become a Lifesaving Inventor!
Step into the shoes of two real life heroes and inventors, Martha Coston and David Lyle, right here at Sandy Hook, where their groundbreaking lifesaving devices were tested and perfected in the 1870s.

In this hands-on experience, children ages 8–15 (accompanied by an adult) will become inventors for the day. They'll explore how to send a distress signal using light and take on the challenge of designing a way to launch a rope to a ship in trouble using an air-powered cannon.

Join us to learn, create, and discover the spirit of innovation that once saved lives along our shores!

No registration necessary.  There will be 2 sessions for this event, please attend one. Stop by the Lifesaving Station at 2pm OR 3pm to participate. 

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jul
19

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Family Fun Fridays - “What’s In a Shell” with Marine Mentors
Jul
25

Family Fun Fridays - “What’s In a Shell” with Marine Mentors

Friday Family Fun Series at the Lifesaving Station

Children of all ages are welcome to join the “Marine Mentors” educators at the Lifesaving Station to see live creatures and learn about the shells and fossil history of Sandy Hook. This event is FREE and no registration is required. Pop-in any time between 2-4pm on Friday, June 27th. The Lifesaving Station is located on the ocean side between lots D & E.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jul
26

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby
Jul
28

Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby

Join photographer Lara Robby for a hands-on landscape photography workshop at Sandy Hook. Designed for photographers who already know how to use their camera, this session focuses on composition, lighting, and capturing the natural beauty of the coast. You'll receive expert guidance, personalized feedback, and practical tips in a stunning outdoor setting. Lara’s calm, encouraging style creates a relaxed, creative atmosphere for learning. Additional workshops will be held on Monday, July 28 and Monday, August 18, from 6:30–8:00 PM.

Registration and Fee Required, sign up HERE!

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Morning Meditation with Alysia
Aug
1

Morning Meditation with Alysia

Get your day started with a morning meditation with Alysia DeSantis with the doors of the Lifesaving Station open to the dunes and ocean breezes.

Join Alysia as she guides you through a meditative practice that incorporates movement to help you stay present in the moment.. Breathe, Meditate and Stretch your way into a sense of inner peace, helping to regulate the nervous system.

Fee and registration required

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/morning-meditation-for-those-that-cant-sit-still-registration-1482285177869?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Aug
2

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Protecting Colonial Seabirds
Aug
6

Protecting Colonial Seabirds

SEABIRDS - SANDY HOOK’S SENTINELS OF THE SEA.
Because they rarely visit land, except while nesting on our beaches and isolated oceanic islands,
seabirds are a remarkable and threatened group of animals that we only occasionally encounter.
Vulnerable to pollution, overfishing and other human activities, their populations have been
crashing worldwide. These noble creatures, inhabiting challenging and unique environments,
demonstrate many fascinating survival techniques and behaviors, and are important indicators
of the health of our oceans, so are worthy of our attention and protection.
To learn more, we will visit the largest and most famous albatross colony in the world - Midway
Atoll - then will return to Sandy Hook for an update on our own local colony of seabirds.

Fee & registration required, sign up HERE!

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Friday Family Series - Become a Lifesaving Inventor!
Aug
8

Friday Family Series - Become a Lifesaving Inventor!

Become a Lifesaving Inventor!
Step into the shoes of two real life heroes and inventors, Martha Coston and David Lyle, right here at Sandy Hook, where their groundbreaking lifesaving devices were tested and perfected in the 1870s.

In this hands-on experience, children ages 8–15 (accompanied by an adult) will become inventors for the day. They'll explore how to send a distress signal using light and take on the challenge of designing a way to launch a rope to a ship in trouble using an air-powered cannon.

Join us to learn, create, and discover the spirit of innovation that once saved lives along our shores!

No registration necessary.  There will be 2 sessions for this event, please attend one. Stop by the Lifesaving Station at 2pm OR 3pm to participate. 

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Aug
9

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter
Aug
14

Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Immerse yourself in a series of three relaxing evening watercolor workshops at the Lifesaving Station on beautiful Sandy Hook. Each session is designed to be a different subject matter that will relate to the beautiful surroundings of the Hook. It is possible to register for one or all three of the evening workshops. An experienced watercolor instructor will be demonstrating and guiding you through the process. By the end of each session you will leave with your own unique painting.

The beach and bay are the inspiration! 

A supply list will be available to registrants, or you can bring your own watercolor supplies.  Registration and fee required for each session, sign up HERE for third session on August 14th.

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Family Fun Fridays- Marine Mentors
Aug
15

Family Fun Fridays- Marine Mentors

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Marine Mentors, Linda Cohen and Cait Boyle, for a drop in hands-on program at the Lifesaving Station.  Stop by and explore with these educators and field guides for Marine Science Consortium. 

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Aug
16

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby
Aug
18

Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby

Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby

Join photographer Lara Robby for a hands-on landscape photography workshop at Sandy Hook. Designed for photographers who already know how to use their camera, this session focuses on composition, lighting, and capturing the natural beauty of the coast. You'll receive expert guidance, personalized feedback, and practical tips in a stunning outdoor setting. Lara’s calm, encouraging style creates a relaxed, creative atmosphere for learning. 

Registration and fee required, sign up HERE!

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Aug
23

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Aug
30

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Sep
6

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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5th Annual Beach Bash Benefit Concert
Sep
6

5th Annual Beach Bash Benefit Concert

  • The Sandy Hook Foundation, Inc. - Beach E (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

🎶 The 5th Annual Beach Bash Benefit Concert 🎶

Saturday, September 6th | Beach E, Sandy Hook

(Raindate: Sunday, September 7th)

Join the Sandy Hook Foundation (SHF) for an unforgettable afternoon of music, community, and celebration at our 5th Annual Beach Bash Benefit Concert! Enjoy live performances by The Cliffs and The Danjos and Friends.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Sep
13

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Sep
20

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Great Storms of the Jersey Shore
Sep
24

Great Storms of the Jersey Shore

Referring to coastal storm protection efforts, oceanographers like to muse “The ocean always
bats last.”

In the 1800’s, local fishermen of Sea Bright warned builders to respect the protective
sand dunes that once blocked the view of new homes along the beach. And old-timers on
Staten Island used to caution newcomers: “Don’t build East of Hylan Boulevard” (The longest
street on the island.)

Join us to revisit some legendary storms of our coast, how they form, and their impacts on ways
we prepare for the next “BIG ONE” and what we can expect in the future.

Registration & Fee Required HERE

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Sep
27

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Oct
4

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby
Jul
16

Nature Landscape Photography Workshop with Lara Robby

Join photographer Lara Robby for a hands-on landscape photography workshop at Sandy Hook. Designed for photographers who already know how to use their camera, this session focuses on composition, lighting, and capturing the natural beauty of the coast. You'll receive expert guidance, personalized feedback, and practical tips in a stunning outdoor setting. Lara’s calm, encouraging style creates a relaxed, creative atmosphere for learning. Additional workshops will be held on Monday, July 28 and Monday, August 18, from 6:30–8:00 PM.

Registration and fee required, sign up HERE!

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jul
12

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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SHARK WEEK: "Was a White Shark the Right Shark?"
Jul
9

SHARK WEEK: "Was a White Shark the Right Shark?"

Twelve Days of Terror on the Jersey Shore.  Between July 1 and 12, 1916, five beachgoers were attacked by sharks along the coast of New Jersey, and this remains one of the most notorious interactions between sharks and people. Join Dave Grant, Conservation Director of the Shark Research Institute and explore the Shark Research Institute’s records of these incidents and others, review some of the facts and fallacies about sharks, and examine the Institute’s research studies on whale sharks.  

Registration and fee required, sign up HERE

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Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter
Jul
8

Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter

Immerse yourself in a series of three relaxing evening watercolor workshops at the Lifesaving Station on beautiful Sandy Hook. Each session is designed to be a different subject matter that will relate to the beautiful surroundings of the Hook. It is possible to register for one or all three of the evening workshops. An experienced watercolor instructor will be demonstrating and guiding you through the process. By the end of each session you will leave with your own unique painting.

The beach and bay are the inspiration! 

A supply list will be available to registrants, or you can bring your own watercolor supplies.  Registration and fee required for each session, sign up HERE for second session on July 8th.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jul
5

Free Yoga on the Beach

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jun
28

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Rise to Rise Sunrise Yoga
Jun
26

Rise to Rise Sunrise Yoga

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For 6 Thursdays at 6:30am this summer, we unfurl our mats beachside at Sandy Hook in the historical 1894, renovated Spermaceti Lifesaving Station No. 2. With a roof over our heads but beach dunes + Atlantic Ocean in front of us, we lengthen + strengthen our limbs, we inflate our lungs with fresh salty breeze, we exhale everything we don’t need for the summer day ahead. Register here. Half of all proceeds benefit the Sandy Hook Foundation, the official philanthropic partner to Sandy Hook.

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Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter
Jun
23

Watercolor Workshop with Tracey Witter

Immerse yourself in a series of three relaxing evening watercolor workshops at the Lifesaving Station on beautiful Sandy Hook. Each session is designed to be a different subject matter that will relate to the beautiful surroundings of the Hook. It is possible to register for one or all three of the evening workshops. An experienced watercolor instructor will be demonstrating and guiding you through the process. By the end of each session you will leave with your own unique painting.

The beach and bay are the inspiration! 

A supply list will be available to registrants, or you can bring your own watercolor supplies.  Registration and fee required for each session, sign up HERE for first session on June 23rd.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jun
21

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Summer Solstice Sound Healing
Jun
20

Summer Solstice Sound Healing

✨Summer Sound Healing Journey with crystal singing bowls, chimes & gongs to benefit the Sandy Hook Foundation✨


🧘🏼‍♀️Through this practice you are guided through a series of yin postures while bathed in the vibrational sound of crystal singing bowls, gongs & reiki. 

Registration and donation required. Click HERE

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Learning with Limulus - Adult Education
Jun
18

Learning with Limulus - Adult Education

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

There is no animal more maligned and at the same time more worthy of attention than the horseshoe crab, join us to learn more. All you ever wanted to know about horseshoe crabs with instructor Dave Grant, Conservation Director of the Shark Research Institute.

Meet at the Spermaceti Life Saving Station (LSS) between Beach Lots D and E. Park in the LSS parking lot, also between Beach Lots D and E.

Registration required, please sign up HERE.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jun
14

Free Yoga on the Beach

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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Friday Family Series: Learn how to paint a Horseshoe Crab
Jun
13

Friday Family Series: Learn how to paint a Horseshoe Crab

Mackenzie Sullivan, a rising senior at Denison University majoring in Studio Art and Psychology with a minor in Spanish, will lead an art project for kids of all ages teaching them how to paint a simple horseshoe crab. Class is held at the Spermaceti Cove Life Saving Station No 2., located between Lots D and E. Supplies will be provided. Parking is free at the Life Saving Station.
Mackenzie is fluent in Spanish and can give instructions in English or Spanish.
Pop in between hours of 2-4, no registration necessary, free to the public.

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Rise to Rise Yoga with Tootsie Olan
Jun
12

Rise to Rise Yoga with Tootsie Olan

  • Spermaceti Cove U.S. Life-Saving Station #2 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For 6 Thursdays at 6:30am this summer, we unfurl our mats beachside at Sandy Hook in the historical 1894, renovated Spermaceti Lifesaving Station No. 2. With a roof over our heads but beach dunes + Atlantic Ocean in front of us, we lengthen + strengthen our limbs, we inflate our lungs with fresh salty breeze, we exhale everything we don’t need for the summer day ahead. Register here. Half of all proceeds benefit the Sandy Hook Foundation, the official philanthropic partner to Sandy Hook.

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Free Yoga on the Beach
Jun
7

Free Yoga on the Beach

Join instructor Tony Costa for an invigoration morning of free yoga on the sand. Gather on the porch of the Life Saving Station (park in the LSS lot, between Beach Lots D and E) just before 8am. Bring a yoga mat or sturdy towel and water, wear comfortable clothes.

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