New Jersey Scuba Diving

Socatean

The pilot house belongs to the tugboat behind
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
Specs:
( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
Sunk:
Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
Depth:
~80 ft
GPS:
40°03.396' -72°34.186'
a classic old side-trawler

It took some digging to figure out this one: built as Joseph & Lucia II in 1964 by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA. Later renamed Christine & Julie, finally Socatean.

Georges Bank, 1980
as Christine & Julie in New Bedford MA, 2006
with expanded wheelhouse and modern outriggers

O/N 297224, IMO 6506616, MMSI 366917230

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Tides

tides

Shore diving is very much dependant on the tide. Tidal inlets and rivers will flow with the tide, such that a river may even flow upstream for a time when the tide is incoming. Normal river currents are far too strong to swim against, and will simply sweep away a loaded diver. Many inlets have time restrictions for divers, so you will have to take the local laws and the tide tables into account to work out a good dive time.

However, there are two times when the currents drop to near zero. Those are dead high tide, and dead low tide. Of the two, dead high tide is usually better, simply because there is more water, and it is cleaner ocean water rather than silty river water. You will get about a half-hour window on either side of dead high tide during which you can either drift in the weak current or swim against it. After that, you'd better get out.

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