- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge(s)
- Sunk:
- late 1800s
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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Manasquan Dive Sites (5/11)
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- Type:
- submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
- Built:
- 1943, Elizabeth City NC USA
- Specs:
- ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
- Sunk:
- ???
- Depth:
- 90 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barges ( 2 )
- Sunk:
- Saturday May 26, 1934
foundered in storm - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, party boat
- Specs:
- ( 47 ft ) 22 crew & passengers
- Sunk:
- Sunday Oct 24, 1982
foundered in rough weather - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
probably nothing left but the engine, and that is probably buried
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1841, Westerly RI USA
- Specs:
- ( 119 x 27 ft ) 398 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 15, 1846
ran aground in storm - approximately 10 survivors and 40 dead - Depth:
- 20 ft
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more than two feet above the bottom. Cunners
These low outcroppings appear in small to large patches over a two-mile area called the Klondike, and elsewhere, at depths ranging from 60 to 90 feet. The overhangs, crags, and holes afforded by the piles of rocks and boulders provide excellent homes for fish and lobsters. Visibility can be great here at times, but it is usually 10-20 ft, with a silty bottom in most places. The larger areas extend for many hundreds of feet, and an incautious diver can easily get lost. The stone itself is a type of sandstone known as Greensand, which occurs along the northern part of the New Jersey coast, and parts of Long Island, most famously as the Shrewsbury Rocks.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1973, Pascagoula MS USA, as Dorinda
- Specs:
- ( 71 x 21 ft ) 104 gross tons, 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday October 31, 1976
foundered in rough seas - no casualties - Depth:
- 90 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft )
- Depth:
- 115 ft
This is erroneously called a tug, but its shape and size indicate that she was once might have been a small oiler or tanker. The wreck lies upright in the muddy bottom at 120 feet. She comes up 15 feet off the bottom in many places and is mostly intact. I have little idea of age, but her conditions suggest she's been there for 30-40 years or more.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, Canada
- Specs:
- ( 107 x 24 ft ) 408 tons
6 crew & passengers - Sunk:
- Sunday, January 28, 1855
ran aground in storm - 5-10 casualties - Depth:
- 12 feet
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- Type:
- shipwreck, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 76 ft ) 3 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday March 23, 1964
collision - no casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
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Shore diving is very much dependant on the tide. Tidal inlets and rivers will flow with the tide, such that a river may even flow upstream for a time when the tide is incoming. Normal river currents are far too strong to swim against, and will simply sweep away a loaded diver. Many inlets have time restrictions for divers, so you will have to take the local laws and the tide tables into account to work out a good dive time.
However, there are two times when the currents drop to near zero. Those are dead high tide, and dead low tide. Of the two, dead high tide is usually better, simply because there is more water, and it is cleaner ocean water rather than silty river water. You will get about a half-hour window on either side of dead high tide during which you can either drift in the weak current or swim against it. After that, you'd better get out.
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