Long Island West Dive Sites (6/10)

Long Island - Central Chart

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Kismet Artificial Reef

120 yards north of South Beach, 0.01 sq miles
Between Kismet and National Seashore dock
This reef is very close to land, it could even be a shore dive
Depth: 16 - 25 ft


Shipwreck Lexington
Type:
steamer, USA
Built:
1835, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 207 x 21 ft ) 488 gross tons, 165 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Monday January 13, 1840
fire - 4 survivors
Depth:
125 ft - 150 ft


Shipwreck Linda
Type:
wooden schooner
Specs:
( 244 x 37 ft ) 1677 tons, 12 crew
Sunk:
unknown
Depth:
140 ft

Shipwreck Lizzie D
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1907, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:
Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:
80 ft

Long Island Sound - West Chart

Long Island Sound - East Chart


Shipwreck Macedonia
I found this old painting labeled "Macedonia" and "1894". This certainly could be the same ship. Another Macedonia enters the records in 1900, just a year after this one was lost.
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk )
Name:
Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
Built:
1894, England
Specs:
( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:
40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:
60 ft

Shipwreck Maine
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1891, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:
( 310 x 44 ft ) 1505 gross tons
Sunk:
Wednesday February 4, 1920
pushed onto rocks by pack ice - no casualties
Depth:
15 ft

low debris field


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.


McAllister Artificial Reef

2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach, 0.67 sq miles
Depth: 50 - 53 ft


Long Island West Dive Sites

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Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Size: to 6"

Habitat: prefers larger bodies of water

Notes: This big frog will eat almost anything that moves. They have been known to catch and eat birds.