The total amount of money taken in is not far behind last year, but the overall number of beach badge sales is down in Barnegat Light from a year ago, with fewer seasonal and more daily badges bought, according to a monthly report in early July. The next report will be out Aug. 12.

Total beach badge revenue in 2020 to July 2, when the monthly count was last done, was $195,396, as compared to $198,819 in 2019 to that date.