[Gerry Zagorski]

Those pilings are left over from the dock in Atlantic Highlands where steam ships and trains used to pick up visitors, mostly from NYC and deliver them to the beach clubs along Sea Bright and Long Branch area.

IMHO they should be marked better since at high tide they are just under water.

They did make some improvements in marking them a few years ago and now have red channel markers along the south side leading you clear of the pilings. Problem is if you are approaching from the north or west there are no markers. Should be some white obstruction buoys there on the north/west side outlining the perimeter. Like where the yellow highlight is on this chart.