New Jersey Dive Sites (25/31) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Sandy Hook Pilot Boat

Type:: shipwreck, pilot boat, converted yacht, USA
Built:: 1902, Bethlehem Elizabethport, Elizabeth NJ USA, as Anstice, later Privateer
Specs:: ( 168 x 24 ft ) 361 gross tons, 26 crew & harbor pilots
Sunk:: Thursday April 27, 1939
collision with tanker Oslofjord ( 16500 tons) - no casualties
GPS:: 40°27.556' -73°49.490' (AWOIS 1986)
Depth:: 100 ft

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Sandy Hook Artificial Reef

1.6 nautical miles off Sea Bright, 1.76 sq miles
Depth: 40-60 ft [download]

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Sub Chaser SC-60

Type:: shipwreck, submarine chaser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1917, New York Naval Shipyard, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons
Sunk:: Tuesday October 1, 1918
collision with tanker Fred W. Waller - 2 casualties
Depth:: 45 ft

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Scotland

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:: 1865, England
Specs:: ( 430 x 38 ft ) 3695 tons
Sunk:: Saturday December 1, 1866
collision with sailing ship Kate Dyer ( 1275 tons )
Depth:: 22 ft

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Sea Girt

Type:: shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:: 1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
Specs:: ( 120 ft ) 177 GT
Sunk:: August 1990
Depth:: 65 ft

intact, upright, steel hull

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Sea Girt Inlet

Sea Girt Inlet is reduced to an outflow pipe. The water it releases is often so contaminated with goose droppings that it causes beach closings for miles around.

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Sea Girt Artificial Reef

3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt, 1.33 sq miles
Depth: 60-75 ft [download]

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Sea Girt Wreck

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barge
Depth:: 80-85 ft
Sunk:: early 1900s ?

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Sea Hag

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship
Depth:: 85 ft

A large wooden sailing ship, more intact than most. The hull is almost complete, 8-10 feet high, with a Navy-style stockless anchor in one side of the bow, and bowsprit lying in the sand below. The bowsprit indicates that this was a true sailing ship and not a schooner barge. I saw no sign of towing bits, bow, or stern. The stern is broken down.

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Seaside Crane barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: ( 250 ft ? )
Depth:: 85 ft

A very large intact steel deck barge, lying upright, north-south. The southern end is partially collapsed and opened up, allowing easy access to at least part of the inside. Rust holes in the deck let light in throughout the rest of the interior, although they are too small to fit through. A great spearfishing site, and not bad for lobsters. The crane lies about 1/4 mile away.

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