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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-20-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200102

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Murphy Joseph M. Jr.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001796954

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11713
		FILM NUMBER:		20500196

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 WEST FRONT STREET
		CITY:			RED BANK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07701

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001004702
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				223412577
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		975 HOOPER AVE
		CITY:			TOMS RIVER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08753-8396
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7322404500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		975 HOOPER AVENUE
		CITY:			TOMS RIVER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08723

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OCEAN FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951208
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        <issuerName>OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OCFC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <remarks>24	Power of Attorney by Joseph M. Murphy, Jr., granted in favor of Steven J. Tsimbinos, Denise Horner, Michele E. Hart and B. Matthew McCue, dated January 2, 2020.</remarks>

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Steven J. Tsimbinos, Denise Horner, Michele E.
Hart and B. Matthew McCue as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)     prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of OceanFirst
Financial Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges
and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)     seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(3)     perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)     this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to each such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)     any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)     neither the Company nor any such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of
the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)     this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby gives and grants each foregoing attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for
and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney. By executing this Power of Attorney,
the undersigned hereby revokes any previously executed Power of Attorney
authorizing any individuals other than each foregoing attorney-in-fact to file
the reports described herein on his behalf, and authorizes the foregoing to
notify any persons previously authorized to file such reports of such
revocation.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 2nd day of January, 2020.

                                         /s/ Joseph M. Murphy, Jr.
                                         Signature

                                         Joseph M. Murphy, Jr.
                                         Print Name






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