Barnegat Dive Sites Chart

Barnegat

Barnegat Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12323
Chart 12323


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.


Garden State South Artificial Reef

5.1 Nautical Miles off Spray Beach
Depth: 55-65 ft


Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship
Specs:
1000 tons, 20 crew
Sunk:
Saturday January 6, 1877
foundered in storm - no casualties

wooden, alternately buried and exposed


Shipwreck Vizcaya
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:
Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:
1872, England, as Santander
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:
80 ft


One day, when conditions were marginal for still photography, I put my little camera in video mode, just to see what it could do. Was I ever surprised at the result! Here is the first underwater video I ever shot:

This was originally shot at the highest quality settings that the camera had - 640x480 resolution, 30 frames per second. The camera offers no other controls - just start and stop - so shooting is pretty much a no-brainer.

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