Sandy Hook Dive Sites (8/11)

Sandy Hook / Rockaway Inlet Chart

  1. Barge #10
  2. 120 Wreck
  3. 3 Sisters
  4. Ambrose Buoy
  5. A Street - Shark River
  6. Acara
  7. Across
  8. Adele
  9. Ajace
  10. Alex Mac
  11. Allenhurst Jetty
  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. BD1738
  23. USS Benson
  24. Beth Dee Bob
  25. Blue Boy
  26. Bronx Queen
  27. Bug Light
  28. Charles Dunlap
  29. Cecilia M Dunlap
  30. Catherine Jackson
  31. Chauncy Jerome
  32. Cornelia Soule
  33. Choapa
  34. coal (Lido)
  35. Continent
  36. crane barge
  37. Daghestan
  38. Dragger
  39. drydock
  40. Dryland
  41. Edwin Duke / Stone Barge
  42. dump
  43. Dutch Springs
  44. Edmund Phinney
  45. East Rockaway Inlet
  46. Ed's Schooner
  47. Elberon Rocks
  48. Eureka
  49. Finance
  50. Fort Victoria
  51. German
  52. GL78
  53. Glen II
  54. I.P. Goulandris
  55. Gypsy
  56. Horseshoe Cove
  57. Alexander Hamilton
  58. Howard
  59. Iberia
  60. Immaculata
  61. Inshore Schooner
  62. Jack I
  63. Joan La Rie III
  64. Jones Inlet
  65. Jones Tug
  66. Klondike Rocks
  67. Larsen
  68. Lizzie D
  69. Long Branch locomotives
  70. Logwood
  71. H.W. Long
  72. Macedonia
  73. Mahogany
  74. Malta
  75. Manasquan Inlet
  76. Margaret
  77. Marion
  78. Mistletoe
  79. R.C. Mohawk
  80. Manasquan Wreck
  81. Nautilus
  82. Navesink River
  83. Northeast Sailor
  84. New Reef
  85. New Deal
  86. New Era
  87. HMS Pentland Firth
  88. Long Branch Pier Rubble
  89. Pinta
  90. Pipe Barge
  91. Pliny
  92. Plymouth
  93. Pocopson
  94. Princess Anne
  95. Ruth Shaw
  96. Robert A Snow
  97. Ramos
  98. Ranger
  99. Relief Lightship
  100. Rickseckers
  101. Rjukan
  102. Rockaway Inlet
  103. Rockaway Belle
  104. Round Valley
  105. Roy's barge
  106. Rudder Wreck - Pocono
  107. Rusland / Adonis
  108. Scotland Buoy
  109. Sandy Hook Pilot Boat
  110. SC-60
  111. Sea Girt Inlet
  112. Sea Girt Wreck
  113. Shark River Inlet
  114. Shrewsbury Rocks
  115. Spring Lake Sailor
  116. Steel Wreck
  117. Stolt Dagali
  118. Sylvanus
  119. Tampa III
  120. USS Turner
  121. AWOIS 8087
  122. AWOIS 8097
  123. u11
  124. AWOIS 7509
  125. AWOIS 7932
  126. AWOIS 9768
  127. AWOIS 12966/11422
  128. AWOIS 1609
  129. AWOIS 8084
  130. AWOIS 7940
  131. AWOIS 7938
  132. AWOIS 8076
  133. AWOIS 4600
  134. AWOIS 8075
  135. Valerie E
  136. Vega
  137. Warrior
  138. Delaware River Water Gap
  139. Western World
  140. Edward W Winslow
  141. Edward W Winslow
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Raritan River

Dive here? You must be kidding !


Shipwreck Relief - Lightship WAL-505
Type:
shipwreck, lightship, USCG
Name:
Named for its job - as the "relief ship" for the other regular lightships along the eastern seaboard.
Built:
1904, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 129 x 28 ft ) 631 gross tons, 9 crew
Sunk:
Friday June 24, 1960
collision with freighter Green Bay - no casualties
GPS:
40°27.144' -73°49.070' (AWOIS 2003)
Depth:
105 ft, main deck at 90

Shipwreck Rickseckers
Type:
shipwreck, steamer
Depth:
66 ft

This is the remains of an unidentified vessel which we located in August of 1986. She appears to be an old paddlewheel steamship, but this is only speculation and has yet to be confirmed. The only artifact I've found on this little wreck was a perfume bottle with the name "Rickseckers Perfume" on it, hence the name, Rickseckers.


Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1886, Rockland ME USA
Specs:
( 225 x 37 ft ) 1556 tons
Sunk:
February 8, 1899; unknown
Depth:
23 ft

aka "Derrick Barge"


Rockaway Artificial Reef

1.6 nautical miles south of Rockaway Beach, 1.00 sq miles
Depth: 32 - 40 ft


Round Valley Reservoir
Looking roughly southeast, with the diving cove in the foreground. The natural basin of the valley is evident, as well as one of the two dams, at right. The water level looks pretty high, with a little snow on the ground.
Type:
freshwater artificial reservoir
Depth:
180 ft, but less than 60 ft in the usual area


Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
( 200 x 24 ft ) 485 tons
Sunk:
Saturday November 11, 1939
Depth:
85 ft

carrying a cargo of stone


Horseshoe Cove

Type:
bay-side saltwater cove
Depth:
20 ft max

Shipwreck Sandy Hook - Pilot Boat
The Sandy Hook as a private yacht, early in her career.
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


Insects are almost completely lacking in the marine environment. I recall something about saltwater having a very bad effect on their lungless respiratory system ( although this does not affect spiders. ) Insects are quite common in freshwater environments though, both as larvae and adults. A little digging can turn up myriad types, but be careful, some of them can bite very painfully.