Manasquan Artificial Reef
2 miles off Manasquan Inlet, 0.99 sq miles
Depth: 67-74 ft [download]
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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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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1816, New York NY, USA
- Specs:
- 382 tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 24, 1824
ran aground in a fog - no casualties - Depth:
- 30 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ships
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 16, 1854
foundered in storm - Depth:
- 35 ft
The packet ship Manhattan sank with eight of her nine crew. In the same storm, the 200 ft schooner Powhattan was also lost nearby, with over 350 immigrants on board and no survivors. Neither wreck has been positively identified, although there are several candidates, including one old wooden hull buried up to the gunwales in the sand.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat ?
- Depth:
- 40 ft
This unknown vessel is listed on the charts as "Margaret" and is speculated to be a tugboat. She may be the remains of the Margaret Olsen, a small steam-driven harbor boat, which collided with the tugboat Joseph A. Ginder on May 4, 1929. Visibility is usually pretty poor, 15 ft or less, and current can be a problem, due to the proximity to Deb's Inlet.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, iron-hulled schooner barge ( formerly a Scottish/Italian bark )
- Built:
- 1868, Dundee, Scotland
- Specs:
- 693 tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday October 29, 1938
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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Matinecock Artificial Reef
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Mattituck Artificial Reef
2.37 nautical miles northwest of Mattituck Inlet, 0.08 sq miles
Depth: 72 to 100 feet
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1916, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ashtabula OH USA, as Nordstrand, later Sekstant
- Specs:
- ( 253 x 43 ft ) 2468 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 17, 1944
collision with freighter Jesse Billingsley - no casualties - Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1918, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 369 x 55 ft ) 5353 displacement tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday May 5, 1945
torpedoed by U-853 - 12 casualties - Depth:
- 85 ft
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