Pine Beach is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,127, reflecting an increase of 177 from the 1,950 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 4 from the 1,954 counted in the 1990 Census. The 2010 population was the highest recorded for the borough in any decennial census.Pine Beach was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 26, 1925, from portions of Berkeley Township.