Belmar Beach, New Jersey – Video filmed by X user Bill Mckim captures the raw fury of a storm striking Belmar Beach on October 30, 2025, around 11 a.m., with relentless 50 mph gusts whipping from the east-southeast under brooding gray skies thick with sheets of rain.

Shot steadily from a boardwalk near the water’s edge, the footage pans across the desolate scene: massive Atlantic swells—towering 8-10 feet high—crash onto the shore, exploding in chaotic white froth and sending salty spray skyward. The wide, tawny sand beach stretches empty and eroded, dotted with shadowed lifeguard stands and wooden pylons half-buried in foam.

The boardwalk in the foreground appears muted and slick, with damp planks, rusted railings rattling in the wind, and a cluster of vacant green benches under a low white pavilion. Flags snap wildly atop an octagonal lookout tower, and dimmed streetlamps line the path. Distant dunes blur into the storm’s haze, emphasizing the raw power of the coastal tempest.

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