New Jersey Scuba Diving

Chauncey Jerome

Chauncy Jerome

  1. Chauncy Jerome
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1852, East Haddam CT, USA
Name:
Chauncey Jerome was an early 19th new England century clock maker
Specs:
( 178 x 37 ft ) 1154 tons
Sunk:
Thursday Jan 12, 1854
ran aground
Depth:
20 ft
Shipwreck Chauncey Jerome
This is approximately what you should see from the water
Chauncey Jerome
Shore Diving in New Jersey

The Chauncey Jerome Jr was a packet ship of the Blue Ball Line. The wreck lies within the Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch NJ. It is a registered and protected historic place. Spearfishing and artifact removal are forbidden.

For detailed directions, see Shore Diving in New Jersey

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Comments on Chauncey Jerome

Michael Buchmeier:

June 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM

This ship carries a special history for my family. In 1852 the Chauncey Jerome Jr. carried my great, great grandfather, Anton Buchmeier, and 3 family members from Malsch, in Baden, Prussia, to the United States. They landed safely and settled in Whitney County Indiana where Anton took up his occupation as a tailor.

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Shark River

Shark River - Looking back from the end of the south jetty
Looking back from the end of the south jetty.
Type:
smallish tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
Depth:
15 ft

The Shark River is your best bet for shore diving in the northern half of the New Jersey coastline, far better than the Manasquan River. Shark River offers at least four different locations to dive: either side of the inlet, with rock jetties to explore, slightly upstream at A Street in Belmar, and upriver in the back bay area at L Street, Belmar. The wreck of the Malta is also just a few blocks south on the beach, but hardly worth diving.

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