Manasquan Dive Sites (8/10)

Manasquan Chart

  1. Barge #10
  2. 120 Wreck
  3. 3 Sisters
  4. Ambrose Buoy
  5. A Street - Shark River
  6. Across
  7. Adele
  8. Ajace
  9. Alex Mac
  10. Allenhurst Jetty
  11. Anastasia
  12. Antioch
  13. Arnoff
  14. Arundo
  15. Asfalto
  16. Aurora
  17. Ayuruoca
  18. BA Wreck
  19. Shark River - Back Bay
  20. Balaena
  21. Bald Eagle
  22. Barnegat Inlet
  23. BD1738
  24. USS Benson
  25. Beth Dee Bob
  26. Blue Boy
  27. Bonanza
  28. Brick barge
  29. Bronx Queen
  30. Brunette
  31. Cecilia M Dunlap
  32. Cornelius Grinnell
  33. Catherine Jackson
  34. Chauncy Jerome
  35. Caddo
  36. Cadet
  37. Capt Smitty
  38. Catamount
  39. Charlemagne Tower
  40. Chaparra
  41. Chesapeake
  42. Choapa
  43. clam boat
  44. Continent
  45. crane barge
  46. Creole
  47. Daghestan
  48. Delaware
  49. drydock
  50. Dryland
  51. dump
  52. Duncan
  53. Edmund Phinney
  54. Elberon Rocks
  55. Emerald / USS Hibiscus
  56. Eureka
  57. Francis A Perkins
  58. William R Farrell
  59. FF Clain
  60. Finance
  61. Fort Victoria
  62. Gassoon
  63. German
  64. Lady Gertrude
  65. GL78
  66. Glen II
  67. Glory Wreck
  68. I.P. Goulandris
  69. Granite Wreck
  70. Great Isaac
  71. Gulftrade (stern)
  72. Gulftrade (bow)
  73. Gypsy
  74. Horseshoe Cove
  75. Alexander Hamilton
  76. Hankins (Big)
  77. Hankins (Offshore)
  78. Hankins 3
  79. Happy Days
  80. Cornelius Hargraves
  81. Harry Rush
  82. Harvey's Schooner
  83. Thomas Hebert
  84. Ida K
  85. Immaculata
  86. Inshore barge/tug
  87. Irene/Truro
  88. Irma C
  89. John Minturn
  90. Jack I
  91. Joan La Rie III
  92. Klondike Rocks
  93. Lizzie H. Brayton
  94. Lana Carol
  95. Larsen
  96. Lavallette Wreck
  97. Leon Walter
  98. Lillian
  99. Lizzie D
  100. Long Branch locomotives
  101. Logwood
  102. H.W. Long
  103. Macedonia
  104. Mahogany
  105. Malta
  106. Manasquan Inlet
  107. Marion
  108. Maurice Tracy
  109. Mediator
  110. Meta
  111. Middle Barge
  112. Mistletoe
  113. R.C. Mohawk
  114. Mohawk
  115. Manasquan Wreck
  116. Nautilus
  117. Navesink River
  118. Northeast Sailor
  119. New Reef
  120. New Deal
  121. New Era
  122. NW Barges
  123. Olsen
  124. HMS Pentland Firth
  125. Park City
  126. Peerless
  127. Persephone
  128. Long Branch Pier Rubble
  129. Pinta
  130. Pliny
  131. Plymouth
  132. Pocopson
  133. Remedios Pascual
  134. Ruth Shaw
  135. Ramos
  136. Ranger
  137. Reliable
  138. Relief Lightship
  139. Rickseckers
  140. Ridge Schooner
  141. Riggy
  142. Rjukan
  143. Rockaway Belle
  144. Roy's barge
  145. RP Resor
  146. Manasquan River Railroad Bridge
  147. Rudder Wreck - Pocono
  148. Rump
  149. Rusland / Adonis
  150. Scotland Buoy
  151. San Saba
  152. Sandy Hook Pilot Boat
  153. SC-60
  154. Sea Girt Inlet
  155. Sea Girt Wreck
  156. Sea Hag
  157. Seaside Crane Barge
  158. Shark River Inlet
  159. Shrewsbury Rocks
  160. Simala
  161. Spring Lake Sailor
  162. Steel Wreck
  163. Stolt Dagali
  164. Sumner
  165. Southwest Mohawk
  166. Sylvanus
  167. Tampa III
  168. Thurmond
  169. Tolten
  170. Train Wheel
  171. Troop Carrier
  172. USS Turner
  173. AWOIS 8087
  174. AWOIS 8097
  175. u11
  176. AWOIS 7509
  177. AWOIS 7932
  178. AWOIS 9768
  179. AWOIS 12966/11422
  180. AWOIS 1609
  181. AWOIS 8084
  182. AWOIS 7940
  183. AWOIS 7938
  184. AWOIS 8076
  185. AWOIS 4600
  186. AWOIS 8075
  187. Valerie E
  188. Vega
  189. Vivian
  190. Vizcaya
  191. Warrior
  192. Western World
  193. Edward W Winslow
  194. Edward W Winslow
  195. Yankee (G+D)
  196. Yellow Flag
  197. ZPG-3W
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Shipwreck Park City
Type:
shipwreck, steamer / tugboat, USA
Built:
1898, Mather & Wood, Port Jefferson NY USA
Specs:
( 143 x 28 ft ) 391 gross tons, 9 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday August 8, 1951
collision with submerged object - 2 casualties
Depth:
60 ft

low wood debris field, located near offshore sewage pipe outlet, now disused


Shipwreck Pinta
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
Name:
The Pinta was one of three sister ships named for Columbus' original three vessels, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Built:
1959, Denmark
Specs:
( 194 x 31 ft ) 1000 gross tons, 12 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 8, 1963
collision with freighter City of Perth ( 7547 tons) - no casualties
GPS:
40°13.827' -73°50.625' (AWOIS 1988)
Depth:
85 ft, starts at 55 ft

Shipwreck Pliny
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:
1878, England
Specs:
( 288 x 33 ft ) 1671 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday May 13, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Built:
1916, Elkton MD USA
Specs:
( 199 x 24 ft ) 474 tons
Sunk:
Monday March 31, 1924
foundered in storm, 5 casualties ( see Pocono )
Depth:
65 ft

Shipwreck Pocopson
Mr. Eliassen is reasonably sure that this image is of the Pocopson, on which he sailed as a child when his father was Captain, 1922-1925.
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge, USA
Built:
1906, Robert Palmer & Son, Noank CT, USA
Specs:
( 177 x 35 ft ) 721 tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday October 7, 1936
foundered in storm, no casualties
GPS:
40°12.204' -73°59.257' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:
50 ft

Railroad Bridge

Type:
inland tidal river
Depth:
20 ft, mostly a lot shallower

This spot is upstream on the Manasquan River. The diving area is rather small and not very deep. Visibility tends to be poor, and this is worsened whenever an O/W training class is in session, which is often. Also, the current under the bridge becomes very strong, so slack water is essential. For a long time, a dredge barge has been anchored in the channel, but otherwise, there is no boat traffic.



Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Depth:
80 ft

Very low-lying wooden wreckage of unknown origin. Just a single line of ribs, with nothing off to either side. If sanded-in ( as usual ) this spot can be a complete waste of time.



Rjukan

Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, Norway
Specs:
( 160 ft ) 960 tons, 20 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday December 26, 1876
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

low scattered wooden debris, 200 yards offshore



Northern Sea Robin

Prionotus carolinus

Size:
to 16"

Description:
Sea Robins are distinguished by the three free rays of the pectoral fins, with which the fish can actually walk across the bottom. They make frog-like croaking sounds when disturbed. Sea Robins have razor-sharp gill covers and spines, and are best left alone - there's not much meat on them anyway.