I don’t know I have not been to the “Jersey” shore since 2003 and it was gross. Ocean City NJ. It was like Yonkers only with a beach.
I go to Long Beach Island on the “Jersey Shore” every summer, and it’s lovely. They do not allow chains (hotels, motels, restaurants) on the island. Mostly it’s beach cottages/houses where folks come for a week or more rental. A lot of Victorian (or neo-Victorian) houses. Not quite Cape May but really very nice and extremely family-friendly.