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Barnegat Dive Sites Chart

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Barnegat Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12323 — Chart 12323

Sea Hag

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship
Depth:: 85 ft

A large wooden sailing ship, more intact than most. The hull is almost complete, 8-10 feet high, with a Navy-style stockless anchor in one side of the bow, and bowsprit lying in the sand below. The bowsprit indicates that this was a true sailing ship and not a schooner barge. I saw no sign of towing bits, bow, or stern. The stern is broken down.

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Beach Jetties

Beach Jetties

Dozens of jetties up and down the coast have been cut-though at the base like this one, making them inaccessible to fishermen, but not divers !

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Peerless

Type:: shipwreck, trawler
Sunk:: 1951

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clam boat

Type:: shipwreck, trawler

This site is really just a jumble of machinery. Anything resembling a ship has long since disappeared. Various clues around the site would seem to indicate a wooden-hulled trawler, probably built before the war ( WWII ) and sunk sometime after.

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Barnegat Light Artificial Reef

Barnegat Light Artificial Reef

3.1 Nautical Miles off Barnegat
Depth: 50-60 ft [download]

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Sumner

Shipwreck Sumner

Type:: shipwreck, collier, converted to passenger freighter, USA
Built:: 1883, Germany, as Rhaetia
Specs:: ( 351 x 43 ft ) 3553 gross tons, 232+ passengers & crew
Sunk:: Tuesday December 12, 1916
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Dive Sites - New Jersey

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Deep Sea Dive Sites

Deep Sea Chart (pan right for more)

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New Jersey Artificial Reefs

Susan Rose Sunk in February

The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:

https://dep.nj.gov/contact-form

New Jersey Artificial Reefs

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Immaculata

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 95 ft

This wreck seems to be one or more wooden barges, possibly garbage barges from the 1920s. There is an anchor in one spot near a machinery pile, and in other spots, the old walls rise perhaps 10 ft off the bottom. But otherwise, everything is pretty broken down. This forms many hiding holes for lobster and rock crabs, and there is one in almost every hole, and some quite large. The Sea Bass are also good-sized. Yellowish natural sponges and bottles are easy to find.

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