Cape May Dive Sites Chart

Cape May Chart

NOAA chart 12323
Chart 12323
NOAA chart 12318
Chart 12318
NOAA chart 12214
Chart 12214

Type:
shipwreck, tanker
Depth:
40 ft

The Evening Star or 'Pig Iron Wreck' appears to be the remains of a tanker that ran aground and broke up. The wreck sits in 40 ft of water and is scattered over a relatively large area.


Type:
shipwreck, sailing ships
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1854
foundered in storm
Depth:
35 ft

The packet ship Manhattan sank with eight of her nine crew. In the same storm, the 200 ft schooner Powhattan was also lost nearby, with over 350 immigrants on board and no survivors. Neither wreck has been positively identified, although there are several candidates, including one old wooden hull buried up to the gunwales in the sand.


Shipwreck Almirante
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1909, Ireland
Specs:
( 378 x 50 ft ) 3121 gross tons, 105 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Friday September 6, 1918
collision with U.S. Navy tanker Hisko - 5 casualties
Depth:
70 ft

Shipwreck Poseidon
Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled screw freighter, USA
Built:
1914, Scotland
Specs:
( 295 x 43 ft ) 1909 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday July 31, 1918
collision with freighter SS Somerset
Depth:
90 ft


Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1951, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Maidstone
Specs:
( 120 ft ) 227 gross tons, 5 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no casualties
Depth:
70 ft

Manasquan Inlet

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.