The guards waited on the beach in an organized group, ready for the morning. Then the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol truck came over the dune, followed by three ATVs before the captain addressed the squad. It wasn’t quite military, but it was certainly orderly.

There was a sense of pride there, too, being as the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol has dominated this summer’s lifeguard competitions. This is somewhat of a new thing for HCBP.