Cape May Dive Sites (8/9)
Cape May Chart
- Absecon Inlet
- USS Akron
- Alex Gibson
- Alexander
- Almirante
- American
- Astra
- Atlantus
- Azua
- Dorothy B Barrett
- Brigantine Beach Wreck
- USS Blenny
- boiler wreck
- Brian C
- Brigantine Inlet
- Brigantine Buoy Wreck
- Charles Morand
- Cape May Inlet
- Cassandra
- Cayru
- Champion
- USS Cherokee
- China Wreck
- City of Athens
- City of Georgetown
- Clermont
- Corson’s Inlet
- William B Diggs
- dredge
- Admiral DuPont
- Elizabeth Warren
- Evening Star
- car float
- Florida
- Galimore's Cayru
- Gory Wreck
- Great Egg Inlet
- Gypsum Prince
- Hereford Inlet
- Hornet
- Hvoslef
- India Arrow
- Indian River Inlet
- USS Jacob Jones
- John Marvin
- China Junk Wreck
- Kennebec
- King Cobra
- Lemuel Burrows
- Lake Frampton
- Lady Mary
- Linda Snow II
- Marine Electric
- Miraflores
- Misty Blue
- Mohawk
- Montgomery
- USS Moonstone
- EF Moran
- Northern Pacific
- Nuphar
- Oklahoma
- Patrice McAllister
- Pet Wreck
- Poseidon
- Ranald
- RJ Walker
- Southern Lillian
- USS S-5
- Salem
- Salem
- San Jose
- Sea Girt
- Shookus
- Sindia
- Slabs
- General Slocum
- Southern Sword
- Townsend's Inlet
- Varanger
- Wayne
- Wily Fox
- YP-387
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- Type:
- shipwreck, side-wheel steamer USA
- Built:
- 1847, Joseph Tomlinson, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 133 x 31 ft ) tons
- Sunk:
- June 21, 1860
collision with schooner Fanny - Depth:
- 85 ft
More: RJ Walker / $25 Wreck ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge
- Built:
- 1900
- Specs:
- 703 tons, 3 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 3, 1932
- no survivors - Depth:
- 55 ft
More: Salem ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft ) 177 GT
- Sunk:
- August 1990
- Depth:
- 65 ft
intact, upright, steel hull
More: Sea Girt ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1887, Ireland
- Specs:
- ( 329 x 45 ft ) 3068 gross tons, 34 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday December 15, 1901
ran aground in storm - no casualties - Depth:
- 0-5 ft depending on the tide
More: Sindia ...
- Type:
- shipwreck
- Depth:
- 120 ft
A large steel wreck, partially intact.
Possibly the remains of the Kennebec.
More: Southern Lillian ...
Galeocerdo cuvier
Size:
to 24 ft
Habitat:
open ocean, also enters rivers and bays at night
Notes:
extremely dangerous
The serrated teeth are designed for sawing chunks from large prey items
If you are going to worry about a shark, let it be this one. Tiger Sharks are big, bold and inquisitive, and frequently come close inshore. They are also remarkably undiscriminating in their eating habits, which makes them even more likely to attack a swimmer, or anything for that matter.
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