The Very Best in Long Beach Island Real Estate Long Beach Island (LBI) is an 18-mile-long barrier island located off the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey. The island consists of Barnegat Light, a quaint fishing village; Long Beach Township, which includes posh Loveladies and North Beach; Harvey Cedars, a 19th century whaling village; Ship Bottom and Surf City, both sites of intriguing historical happenings, including shipwrecks and sea monsters, and Beach Haven, famed for Victorian homes and the Surflight Theater.