Atlantic City Artificial Reef
12.2 Nautical Miles off Atlantic City
Depth: 55-95 ft
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New Jersey Dive Sites (3/31)
Aurora sailed for the Kermit Line.
- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1824, Bath ME, USA
- Specs:
- ( 106 x 22 ft )
- Sunk:
- Nov 20, 1827, ran aground in storm - 6 casualties
- Depth:
- 12 ft
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Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
2.0 Nautical Miles off Mantoloking
Depth: 65-80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, England
- Sunk:
- Saturday, January 12, 1850
grounded in storm - 1 casualty
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- Type:
- sailing ship
- Name:
- Balaena is an old term for whale, derived from Latin. The name was found inscribed on the ship's bell.
- Depth:
- 170 ft
shipwreck, wooden hull full of coal
A wood sailing ship in the Mud Hole at a depth of 170 feet. She was a collier or ore carrier. She is still largely intact, coal in what's left of her holds. Divers tell tales of finding lots of deadeyes, but I haven't seen or heard of one coming from this wreck in many years. Her bell was found to identify her name, but not much else has been discovered about her history. A dive for the very experienced diver. Limited visibility, deep and dark. For those with the technical dive skill, it is a very nice dive.
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Phoca vitulina
by Larry Sarner
Wild seals conjure up images of northern or even Arctic climates. But few people know that more than a hundred harbor seals call New Jersey home during the winter months, coming ashore into isolated estuaries and even upstream into a few rivers.
New Jersey is near the southern limits of the range for harbor seals on the East Coast. However, these seals are frequent visitors offshore in winter and even have been reported as far south as the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and off the coast of North Carolina. The winter seal-sighting season runs from December through March. Seals generally leave the New Jersey coast by the second week in April, probably responding to rising air and water temperatures and the increase in human activity.
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