New Jersey Dive Sites (6/31)

Dive Sites - New Jersey

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Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1867, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:
274 tons (?), 9 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday February 1, 1870
collision with steamer Santiago de Cuba ( 1627 tons) - 2 casualties
Depth:
75 ft

Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
432 tons
Sunk:
Friday August 26, 1921
Depth:
65 ft


Cape May Inlet


Cape May Artificial Reef

8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May, 5.34 sq miles
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]



Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
( 270 x 25 ft )
Depth:
60 ft
Car Float Barge

Shipwreck Cassandra
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1864, Mystic CT USA
Specs:
( 207 x 35 ft ) 1284 gross tons
Sunk:
Tuesday February 5, 1867
ran aground - no casualties

Specs:
370 passengers, must have been pretty big
Sunk:
around 1870, no casualties

I know of no charted location known as the Catherine Jackson, although it is reputed to have sunk in the area shown.


Shipwreck Cecilia M. Dunlap
Parknook, rigged as a bark rather than a barge
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge ( originally a bark )
Built:
1876 as Parknook
Specs:
( 199 x 32 ft ) 793 tons
Sunk:
Saturday September 12, 1931
foundered
GPS:
40°25.374' -73°52.828' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:
60 ft

New Jersey Dive Sites

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Lobster

The first thing about catching a lobster is don't be too afraid of it. Small lobsters - restaurant-sized 1-2 pounders - are not strong enough to really hurt you. Wear a good heavy pair of gloves, and their pinch may be painful, but not damaging. Larger lobsters deserve more respect, because they certainly can hurt you. Really big ones could even break bones. I had a big one once bite me so hard it gave me nerve damage in my thumb. I boiled him personally, and the numbness and swelling went away after a few weeks.