New Jersey Scuba Diving

Salem Wrecks

Salem Wrecks & Nuclear Power Plant

In case you didn't watch the whole video, you can't actually go here or fly a drone without permission from the power company.

An old postcard of the power plant with the ferry Elizabeth in the foreground, inside the breakwater. Elizabeth was later sunk in the Cape May Artificial Reef.

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Cape May Chart

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Atlantus

Shipwreck Atlantus

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1918, Liberty Shipbuilding, Brunswick GA USA
Specs:: ( 260 x 43 ft ) 2000 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 8, 1926
dragged anchor and grounded in storm while awaiting final disposition
Depth:: 25 ft

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Elizabeth "Hooters"

Hooters reef — An undignified end for the sole remaining CRRNJ ferry Elizabeth

Type:: artificial reef, ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, USA
Name:: All CRRNJ ferries were named for New Jersey towns - Lakewood, Bound Brook, Red Bank, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Wilkes Barre, Cranford, Somerville, Westfield, and Bound Brook
Built:: 1901, Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE USA, as Lakewood
Specs:: ( 200 x 44 ft ) 1016 gross tons
Sponsor:: NJ Coast 2005 Initiative
Sunk:: Wednesday August 3, 2005 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°50.682' -74°43.078'
Depth:: 75 ft

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The Season

hurricane

The diving season in New Jersey begins in June for most of us. Hardy souls in drysuits will dive all year long, but with a good 7mm wetsuit, early June is still chilly. By late July the ocean has warmed up nicely, and it keeps getting warmer through September and doesn't really get cold again until October or even later.

So the peak dive season is June through November, right? Well, not quite. Early August starts hurricane season, and by late August it is in full swing. A couple of good storms and everything is so roiled up that there is almost no point in trying to dive anymore. That's not to say that there can't be a good year with no hurricanes. Barring storms, with a drysuit you could reasonably expect to dive from late April to early December.

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