Long Island East Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - East Chart

Long Island East Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12353
Chart 12353

Texas Tower #4
Type:
collapsed radar platform, USAF
Built:
1955, Portland ME USA
Specs:
( 67 ft above water) 6000 tons, 14 crew (minimum)
Sunk:
Sunday January 15, 1961
storm/structural failure/design deficiency - no survivors
GPS:
39°47'56.43" -72°40'08.00" (US Navy 2004)
Depth:
180 ft, starts at 110 ft

Amsterdam

Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Britain
Built:
1866
Specs:
( 211 x 29 ft ) 639 tons
Sunk:
Monday October 21, 1867
struck rocks in dense fog - no survivors
Depth:
20 ft

low debris field


Shipwreck Volund
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Norway
Built:
1889, Norway
Specs:
( 239 ft )
Sunk:
Sept 26, 1908; collision with liner Commonwealth
Depth:
105 ft

Shipwreck Atlantic
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
May 1846, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 320 x 36 ft ) 1112 gross tons, 75 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Friday November 26, 1846
boiler explosion; then grounded during storm on Fisher's Island - 45 casualties
Depth:
20 ft

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 !


Shipwreck Gluckauf
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Germany
Built:
1886, Germany
Specs:
( 300 x 37 ft ) 2307 gross tons
Sunk:
Friday March 25, 1893
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:
0-25 ft

Mackerel Scad

Decapterus macarellus

Size: to 12"

Habitat: coastal waters

Notes: Scads are diminutive Jacks. Late in the season huge schools of 3-4" babies may be found in the rivers and swarming around the inshore reefs. Note the detached rays on the dorsal and anal fins near the tail, forming a finlet like a mackerel. They are mainly harvested for bait but are also sometimes eaten dried or salted.