Cape May Dive Sites (2/10)

Cape May Chart

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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 !


Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
80 ft

a small steel wreck, greatly decomposed

Possibly the remains of the Oklahoma.


Type:
shipwreck, charter boat
Built:
1929, Carvel Beach, MD
Specs:
( 48 ft ) 25 GT
Sunk:
Wednesday 7/20/1960
scuttled
Depth:
80 ft

The Bonito was sunk as a "fish haven", an artificial reef in modern parlance. I'm sure there is nothing left of the wooden hull, and anything else has long since disappeared into the sand, but it is interesting for being one of the earliest documented reefs.


Shipwreck Brian C
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1948, New Orleans LA USA, as John Cushman
Specs:
( 86 x 21 ft ) 136 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday November 13, 1979
foundered in storm - no casualties
Depth:
150 ft




Cape May Inlet


Cape May Artificial Reef

8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May, 5.34 sq miles
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]


Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
( 270 x 25 ft )
Depth:
60 ft
Car Float Barge

Cape May Dive Sites

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Shark River Artificial Reef

15.6 Nautical Miles off Manasquan, 0.83 sq miles
Depth: 120-140 ft [download]