Hey WeirsGuard,
Your description of the beach is right on. For more info about the beach, along with some interesting historic photos and postcards of the beach, please visit the WeirsBeach.com page
"Reason 2 - Beach".
Yes, I am the same Robert Ames you remember "cruising the boardwalk with fashionably long hair back in the 70's". Back then I even wore platform shoes!