New Jersey Scuba Diving

Sandy Point

Sandy Point reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1947, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Captain Chris Harms
Specs:
( 85 ft )
Sunk:
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Built in 1947, by Gulfport Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, Texas (hull #273) as Captain Chris Harms for Harms Marine Services Incorporated of Houston, Texas. In 1964, the tug was acquired by the Moran Towing Company subsidiary Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was renamed Sandy Point. In 1980, she was acquired by the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed Lillian Smith. In 1991, the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company renamed the tug the Fort Conde. The tug was single-screw, rated at 1,000 horsepower.

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Manasquan River

Manasquan River
Aerial shot of the entire Manasquan River estuary, looking southeast. The Railroad Bridge dive site is at the upper-right.

The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.

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