Long Island Central Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - Central Chart

Long Island West Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326


East Rockaway Inlet

The dive site is between 8th and 9th Streets.
Atlantic Beach bridge at right, inlet and ocean to the left (west)
In Queens borough, New York City!

East Rockaway Inlet is also known as Deb's Inlet, while New Yorkers optimistically, or perhaps ironically, call the Beach 8th Street dive site Almost Paradise. (Actually the name of a long-defunct dive shop there.) It is also referred to as Beach 9th Street. If that's not enough names for the same place, the waterway is officially called Reynold's Channel. So I suppose you could make six different entries in your logbook.

Beach 8th Street is the only part of the inlet that is accessible to divers, the rest is either private property or state park land where diving is prohibited. You can zoom, pan, and maximize the map above. The inlet is off to the left, marshland to the right, and Kennedy Airport above.


Shipwreck Glen Island
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1880, Hillman Ship & Engine Building, Philadelphia PA USA, as City of Richmond
Specs:
( 239 x 36 ft ) 615 gross tons, 31 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday December 17, 1904
fire - 9 casualties
Depth:
15 ft

outline of wooden hull, paddlewheel


Shark River Artificial Reef

15.6 Nautical Miles off Manasquan, 0.83 sq miles
Depth: 120-140 ft [download]


Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
120 ft

The Harvey's Woody is an unidentified wooden schooner that sits in 120 feet of water about 24 miles out of Jones Inlet NY. According to diver Jim Fazzolare diver can find not only low lying ribs but a large pile of anchor chain, a large fluted anchor, and winch. This wreck is excellent for lobsters.


Shipwreck Oregon
Type:
shipwreck, liner, Cunard Line, England
Built:
1881, Scotland
Specs:
( 518 x 54 ft ) 7500 gross tons, 845 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Monday March 14, 1886
collision, probably with schooner Charles R Morse - no casualties
Depth:
125 ft, highest point 85 ft