Dive Sites (6/46) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

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Black Warrior

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1852, Thomas & William Collyer, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 225 x 37 ft ) 1556 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday February 20, 1859
ran aground in fog - no casualties
GPS:: 40°25.641' -73°51.135' (AWOIS 2003)
Depth:: 35 ft

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Blue Boy

Type:: shipwreck, dry-dock barge
Depth:

I don't know the reason for this offshore barge's name, other than it might well be the real one. Nevertheless, this wood barge, sometimes called a drydock lies in 120+ of water and is usually a very good lobster dive, albeit a deeper one. Bottom visibility is often cloudy to poor. It's not the best bottom conditions here, but a careful and advanced certified diver can bring home a lot of lobsters for dinner with a dive here. This spot isn't frequently dived.

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Bluff's Wreck / Creole?

Type:: shipwreck, steamer ( assuming it is the Creole ) USA
Built:: 1862, Mystic CN, USA
Specs:: ( 194 x 34 ft ) 1229 tons
Sunk:: March 17, 1868, ran aground in fog - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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Boiler Wreck

Type:: shipwreck
Depth:: 80 ft

a small steel wreck, greatly decomposed

Possibly the remains of the Oklahoma.

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Bonanza

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 120 ft

This wreck got its name from the first few divers to get there, who struck it rich in lobsters in its wooden ribs and decking. The wreckage is very well spread out in several lines or walls, with decking off to one side. Near the bow, an overturned piece of decking is home to ling and blackfish. Off to the side lie the winch and small bits of machinery.

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Bonito

Type:: shipwreck, charter boat
Built:: 1929, Carvel Beach, MD
Specs:: ( 48 ft )
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. Home port listed as Philadelphia.

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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

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Brick barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 90 ft

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Brigantine Beach Wreck

dredge — Side-scan courtesy of Stockton University

Type:: unknown
Sunk:: unknown
Depth:: 30 ft

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Brigantine Buoy Wreck

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: ( 200 ft ) 1759 tons, 4 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday November 1, 1932
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

wooden

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Mount Sinai Harbor / Jetties

Mount Sinai Harbor

Once you get there, suit up at your car and walk down the small stretch of beach till you get near the jetty. Enter the water at your leisure. Once in the water, you can swim north along the jetty to the tip. You may see fish, lobster, crabs and the sort. There are large openings in the rocks that form the jetty. Large enough in fact that you can almost swim into one. I don't advise doing this because getting stuck might be a frightening experience.

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