OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) 10-K 2003 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of OceanFirst Financial Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael Fitzpatrick, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. To my knowledge the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report.

/s/ Michael Fitzpatrick

Michael Fitzpatrick

Chief Financial Officer

March 10, 2004