New Jersey Scuba Diving

railroad barge

Railroad Barge reef
Side-scan sonar image
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Specs:
( 200 ft )
Sunk:
1977 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sponsor:
Artificial Reef Committee, Weeks Marine Co.
GPS:
40°06.986' -73°56.868'
Depth:
70 ft

This big barge was sunk by the Artificial Reef Committee before the state's reef program began. The deck is an easy and interesting dive at only 55 feet. There are many big rust holes to explore, and penetration is possible in many places. Inside is dark and somewhat cramped, filled with sand and diagonal bracing, and the occasional bulkhead. You can swim through to the light at the other side, but you may find you cannot exit right there, although there are so many holes that it is not hard to find an exit someplace close by. The north end of the barge is completely opened up.

Railroad Barge reef
Railroad tracks on the deck
Railroad Barge reef
Mushroom-shaped mooring bits

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Sharks - Inshore

Here is an assortment of large sharks that can be found in New Jersey waters, by no means all of them. These are more likely to be found inshore in coastal waters. Sharks are seldom a danger to divers, they seem to be put off by the noise and bubbles. Nonetheless, all should be treated with caution.

In all my many inlet dives, I have seen a shark once, and that was in inoffensive Smooth Dogfish. I have been told that they are sometimes seen from up on the bridge in Belmar, but even then they would probably be out in mid-channel, and far away from strange noisy bubbling scuba divers. However, one of the most famous shark attacks of all time took place in New Jersey - the 1916 Matawan Creek attacks. See Bull Shark for details.

The only one of these that you are ever likely to encounter in local ocean diving is the relatively inoffensive Sand Tiger, not the similarly named and extremely dangerous Tiger.

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