Long Island East Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - East

Long Island East Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12353
Chart 12353

Shipwreck Essex
Type:
shipwreck, steamer
Built:
1890, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 272 x 40 ft ) 3018 tons
Sunk:
Thursday September 25, 1941
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties
Depth:
30 ft

Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Britain
Built:
1866
Specs:
( 211 x 29 ft ) 639 tons
Sunk:
Monday October 21, 1867
struck rocks in dense fog - no survivors
Depth:
20 ft

low debris field


Shinnecock Artificial Reef

Depth: 76 - 84 ft
2.0 Nautical miles south of Shinnecock Inlet


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 Lightburne
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
Built:
1919, Bath ME USA
Specs:
( 432 x 56 ft ) 6429 tons, 37 crew + dog
Sunk:
Friday February 10, 1939
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties
Depth:
30 ft

12-Mile Artificial Reef

Depth: 123 - 143 ft
12.0 nautical miles from Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets


Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Size: to 50 ft

Habitat: oceanic

Notes:
These are most often seen from charter boats, and are certainly the most common large whales in the area. Occasionally one may even be spotted from shore. The popular notion of a whale song is actually the vocalization of these whales.

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