New Jersey Coast Dive Sites (3/6)
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Looking roughly south: Sandy Hook is barely visible at upper-right, Rockaway inlet at the upper-left, Brooklyn at lower-left, Staten Island at lower-right. The shipping channel is also plainly obvious.
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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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- 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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( north branch of little Egg Inlet )
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1891, Bath ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 201 ft ) 979 tons, 9 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday March 27, 1914
ran aground in storm - no casualties - Depth:
- 15 ft
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- Type:
- oceanfront pier
- Built:
- 1911
- Depth:
- 15 ft?
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Point Pleasant on the left /south
Manasquan on the right / north
- Type:
- tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
- Depth:
- 30 ft
This inlet has a long slightly L-shaped jetty on the north side and a longer straight jetty on the south side. Both jetties are made of large stones and concrete, and the ends are built out of man-made concrete "jacks", shaped like an H with a 90-degree twist in the middle.
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The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.
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Naked Sea Butterflies Clione limacina resemble angels. They have a spindle-shaped body up to 1 inch long that is bluish and transparent, with pink to red-yellow areas. The shell is absent. The head is well developed and clearly evident because of an indentation on the upper part of the body. The body has robust flaps ( mantle lobes ) that are used for propulsion. Although it looks like a jellyfish, the Naked Sea Butterfly is a gastropod mollusk, related to snails and sea slugs, and does not sting.
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