900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, 0.01 sq miles
Depth: 25 - 40 ft
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Dive Sites (46/46)
Dive Sites - pick your starting point
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- Type:
- shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy, converted trawler
- Built:
- 1941, Bethlehem Quincy, Quincy MA, USA, as Salem
- Specs:
- ( 102 x 22 ft ) 301 tons, 21 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday May 20, 1942
collision with collier Jason - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 40 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, blimp, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1958, Akron OH USA
- Specs:
- ( 403 x 85 ft ) 40 tons, 21 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 6, 1960
unknown cause - 18 casualties - Depth:
- 60 ft
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Phoca vitulina
by Larry Sarner
Wild seals conjure up images of northern or even Arctic climates. But few people know that more than a hundred harbor seals call New Jersey home during the winter months, coming ashore into isolated estuaries and even upstream into a few rivers.
New Jersey is near the southern limits of the range for harbor seals on the East Coast. However, these seals are frequent visitors offshore in winter and even have been reported as far south as the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and off the coast of North Carolina. The winter seal-sighting season runs from December through March. Seals generally leave the New Jersey coast by the second week in April, probably responding to rising air and water temperatures and the increase in human activity.
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