New Jersey Coast Dive Sites Chart

NJ Chart        Sandy Hook Chart Manasquan Chart Barnegat Chart  Cape May Chart  Manasquan Inlet Sea Girt Inlet  Barnegat Inlet  Little Egg Inlet Brigantine Inlet Absecon Inlet   Great Egg Inlet Corsons Inlet   Townsends Inlet Hereford Inlet  Cape May Inlet  Delaware Bay    Edmund Phinney  Lizzie Brayton  New Era         Antioch         Rjukan          Raritan Bay     Jetties         Jetties         Jetties         Remedios Pascual Meta            Seaside pipeline Raritan Bay     Shark River     Barnegat Bay    Raritan River   Atlantus        Thurmond        Sindia          John Minturn    Manasquan Wreck Del Water Gap   Dutch Springs   Round Valley    Allenhurst Jetty Bluffs Wreck    Pliny           Dual Wrecks     Western World   Shark River     Sumner          NJ Aquarium     Chauncey Jerome Long Branch Pier Lavallette Wreck Mullica River   Aurora

New Jersey Coast Dive Sites


Shark River Aerial
Low tide, winter. Beach replenishment has all but filled in the "L".
Type:
smallish tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
Depth:
15 ft

This inlet has an L-shaped jetty on the north side and a longer straight jetty on the south side. Both jetties are made of loose stones - hardly any concrete - and the bottom is sandy and usually clean. You can walk over the bridge from one side of the inlet to the other in about five minutes.


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.


Sandbar Shark
Sandbar Shark
New Jersey State Aquarium - Camden

Volunteer divers at the aquarium assist with food preparation, cleaning and maintaining work area and exhibits, perform dive demonstrations, and assist aquarists when necessary. Volunteer must be a certified diver age 18 years and older with at least 25 logged dives; 5 in the last 2 years and 2 in the last 12 months. Volunteer must be able to commit to 2 eight-hour work shifts per month ( same day every other week. ) Volunteer applications are available at the information desk.


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.

Note: In 2020 Round Valley began a period of maintenance which is expected to last several years. During this time, the water volume is reduced by a third. My completely offhand guess is that this will reduce the water level by around ten feet. In the shallow areas where diving is practical, this will significantly alter the shoreline.

https://www.roundvalleyproject.com

Type:
freshwater artificial reservoir
Depth:
180 ft, but less than 60 ft in the usual area


Shipwreck Western World
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, England
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

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