Long Island Central Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - Central Chart

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326

Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
85 ft

The Wolcott is an unknown wooden schooner. This wreck was found and named by charter boat captain, Jay Porter on the day that Jersey Joe Wolcott beat Joe Louis in boxing's title match.


Shipwreck Yankee
Type:
shipwreck, Great Lakes freighter, USA
Built:
1890, AmShip Cleveland, Cleveland OH USA, as German
Specs:
( 296 x 40 ft ) 2418 gross tons, 30 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday June 11, 1919
collision with liner Argentina - no casualties
Depth:
110 ft

Eureka
Type:
shipwreck, trawler?, USA
Depth:
110 ft

debris field, boiler, machinery


Depth:
125 ft

This wreck was formerly thought to be the Yankee. However, the "G&D" was identified as the Yankee, leaving this wreck unidentified. It consists of engine, boilers, driveshaft, and propeller, and is reputed to be a good lobster wreck.


Beach Jetties

Dozens of jetties up and down the coast have been cut-though at the base like this one, making them inaccessible to fishermen, but not divers !


Shipwreck Coimbra
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:
Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:
1937, Germany
Specs:
( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:
190 ft, starts at 165 ft