The New Jersey Coast
Open beach, heavy traffic, hard weather
A hundred and thirty miles of unbroken barrier beach lies between Sandy Hook and Cape May, alongside the approaches to two major ports.
There is little natural shelter on this shore. Northeasters push vessels onto outer bars that stand well off the beach, fog lies over the Delaware and New York approaches, and the coastal lane is crowded. German submarines worked these waters in 1918 and again in 1942. The state has one of the highest documented wreck densities on the Atlantic coast.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAbiel Abbot
AH-WR-2028Ship Bottom, New Jersey
1903 · Bark (or Barque)
AvailableAlmirante
AH-WR-0698Atlantic City, New Jersey
1918 · Passenger Freighter · 70 ft deep
AvailableAqua II
AH-WR-1634Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1987 · Water Supply Barge
AvailableArundo
AH-WR-0697Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey
1942 · Freighter · 110-140 deep
AvailableAuburn
AH-WR-2015Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1847 · Packet Ship
AvailableAyrshire
AH-WR-0984Squan Beach (Manasquan), New Jersey
1850 · Emigrant Ship
AvailableBidevind
AH-WR-0711Toms River, New Jersey
1942 · Motor Merchant · 190 ft deep
AvailableBilly D
AH-WR-1639Shark River Reef, New Jersey
1997 · Tug
AvailableChaparra
AH-WR-0708Barnegat, New Jersey
1918 · Freighter · 80 ft deep
AvailableCharles K. Buckley
AH-WR-2017Long Branch, New Jersey
1914 · Schooner
AvailableChauncy Jerome Jr
AH-WR-0349Long Branch, New Jersey
1854 · Packet Ship · 20 ft deep
AvailableChoapa
AH-WR-0699Shark River Inlet, New Jersey
1944 · Freighter · 160-205 deep
AvailableColeman II
AH-WR-1636Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1992 · Deck Barge
AvailableColleen
AH-WR-1640Axel Carlson Reef, New Jersey
1996 · Tug
AvailableD.H. Ingraham
AH-WR-0987Hereford Inlet, New Jersey
Exact date not established; year 1886 recorded in coastal wreck listings. · Schooner
AvailableDavid Tolck
AH-WR-2027Harvey Cedars, New Jersey
1879 · Schooner
AvailableDelaware
AH-WR-0247Barnegat, New Jersey
1898 · Passenger Steamer
AvailableEdward H. Cole
AH-WR-0989Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1918 · Schooner
Historical ListingGerman submarine U-869
AH-WR-0775Point Pleasant, New Jersey
1945 · Submarine · 230 ft deep
AvailableGermania
AH-WR-2022Long Branch, New Jersey
1889 · Bark
Historical ListingGreat Isaac
AH-WR-0700Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1947 · Tugboat · 90 ft deep
AvailableGulftrade
AH-WR-0046Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1942 · Tanker · 90 deep
AvailableH. L. Routh
AH-WR-2032Atlantic City, New Jersey
1898 · Schooner-Barge
Historical ListingHMS Augusta
AH-WR-0345National Park, New Jersey
1777 · Ship Of The Line
Historical ListingHMS Pentland Firth
AH-WR-0707Sandy Hook, New Jersey
1942 · Anti-Submarine Trawler · 70 ft deep
Historical ListingHMS Zebra
AH-WR-0983Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey
1778 · Sloop Of War
AvailableIsabel B. Wiley
AH-WR-0990Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1918 · Schooner
AvailableJacob M. Haskell
AH-WR-0991Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1918 · Schooner
AvailableJerry
AH-WR-1638Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1997 · Tug
AvailableJim Lynch
AH-WR-1641Axel Carlson Reef, off Mantoloking
2001 · Tanker Barge · 78 ft deep
RegisteredJohn Minturn
AH-WR-0534Mantoloking, New Jersey
1846 · Packet Ship · 20 ft deep
AvailableKate Markee
AH-WR-2024Sea Bright, New Jersey
1890 · Schooner
AvailableKraljevica
AH-WR-2016Barnegat, New Jersey
1886 · Bark
AvailableL. and A. Babcock
AH-WR-2026Forked River, New Jersey
1884 · Schooner
AvailableLawrence N. McKenzie
AH-WR-0986Barnegat, New Jersey
Exact date not established; year 1890 recorded in coastal wreck listings. · Schooner
AvailableLillian
AH-WR-0701Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey
1939 · Freighter · 150-160 deep
AvailableMary C
AH-WR-1635Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1990 · Tanker
RegisteredMaurice Tracy
AH-WR-0713Seaside Heights, New Jersey
1944 · Collier · 70 ft deep
AvailableNancy
AH-WR-0980Turtle Gut Inlet, Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
1776 · Brig
AvailableNarragansett
AH-WR-2018Highlands, New Jersey
1893 · Schooner
AvailableNew Era
AH-WR-0981Deal Beach, New Jersey
1854 · Emigrant Ship
AvailableOriental
AH-WR-0985Brigantine, New Jersey
Year known from local wreck records; exact date not established. · Schooner
AvailablePinta
AH-WR-0712Shark River, New Jersey
1963 · Freighter · 55-85 deep
AvailablePocopson
AH-WR-0988Manasquan, New Jersey
Exact date not established; year 1936 commonly cited in regional dive references. · Coal Barge · 60 ft deep
AvailablePowhatan
AH-WR-2013Surf City, New Jersey
1854 · Packet Ship
AvailablePowhattan
AH-WR-0982Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Island, New Jersey
1854 · Emigrant Ship
AvailableR.P. Resor
AH-WR-0045Off Manasquan/Asbury Park, New Jersey
1942 · Tanker
AvailableRMS Fort Victoria
AH-WR-0346Sandy Hook, New Jersey
1929 · Passenger Steamship · 50 ft deep
AvailableRodman R. Nickerson
AH-WR-2033Avalon, New Jersey
1894 · Schooner
AvailableRusland
AH-WR-0702Long Branch, New Jersey
1877 · Steamer · 25 ft deep
AvailableShirley Ann
AH-WR-1633Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1985 · Deck Barge
AvailableSindia
AH-WR-0047Ocean City, New Jersey
1901 · Sailing Ship
RegisteredSS Atlantus
AH-WR-0344Cape May, New Jersey
1926 · Concrete Cargo Ship
RegisteredSS Bremen
AH-WR-0350Hoboken, New Jersey
1900 · Ocean Liner
AvailableSS Carolina
AH-WR-0044Off the New Jersey coast
1918 · Passenger Steamer · 250 ft deep
AvailableSS India Arrow
AH-WR-0979Cape May, New Jersey
1942 · Tanker · 130 ft deep
AvailableSS Lemuel Burrows
AH-WR-0780Atlantic City, New Jersey
1942 · Collier · 80 ft deep
AvailableSS Mohawk
AH-WR-0048Off Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey
1935 · Passenger Steamer · 80 ft deep
AvailableSS Persephone
AH-WR-0246Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSS Tolten
AH-WR-0703Barnegat, New Jersey
1942 · Cargo Ship · 90-95 deep
AvailableTexel
AH-WR-0992Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1918 · Schooner
AvailableThomas W. Haven
AH-WR-2035Monmouth Beach, New Jersey
1893 · Schooner
AvailableTravis Stephen
AH-WR-1642Sea Girt Reef, off Manasquan Inlet
2001 · Former Tug · 72 ft deep
AvailableUndaunted
AH-WR-2025Forked River, New Jersey
1913 · Schooner-Barge
RegisteredUSCSS Robert J. Walker
AH-WR-0109Absecon Inlet, near Atlantic City, New Jersey
1860 · Survey Steamer
Historical ListingUSS Akron
AH-WR-0778Atlantic City, New Jersey
1933 · Airship · 105 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Algol
AH-WR-0347Manasquan, New Jersey
1991 · Attack Cargo Ship · 70-145 deep
Historical ListingUSS Arthur W. Radford
AH-WR-0776Cape May, New Jersey
2011 · Destroyer · 130 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Hibiscus
AH-WR-0532Off Manasquan/Barnegat, New Jersey
1873 · Steamer · 75 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS S-5
AH-WR-0777Cape May, New Jersey
1920 · Submarine · 180 ft deep
AvailableVaranger
AH-WR-0704Sea Isle City, New Jersey
1942 · Motor Tanker · 140 ft deep
AvailableVivian
AH-WR-0533Off Manasquan/Barnegat, New Jersey
1907 · Schooner · 80 ft deep
AvailableVizcaya
AH-WR-2014Barnegat, New Jersey
1890 · Passenger-Cargo Steamer
AvailableWeeks 218
AH-WR-1637Garden State North Reef, off Little Egg Inlet
1995 · Barge
AvailableWeymouth
AH-WR-0348Mays Landing, New Jersey
1893 · Schooner
AvailableWilson & Hunting
AH-WR-2029Barnegat Light, New Jersey
1904 · Schooner
