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BARNEGAT INLET
DIRECTIONS:
(Island Beach
State Park, Ocean County)
Note: A four-wheel-drive vehicle and permit are needed to access
this
site.
Take the Garden
State Parkway to Exit 82 B, Rt. 37 East. Stay on Rt. 37 over the
bridge then bear right at the fork. Continue into Island Beach State
Park. Continue
to the end.
Photo courtesy
Herb
& Veronica Seagars.
CONDITIONS:
Barnegat lnlet is
located in
central New Jersey. Diving, however, is not permitted
from the
south side of the inlet. To dive the north side of the inlet you
must enter from the beach
at Island Beach State Park. Access to the area requires a beach
permit and a four wheel drive
vehicle.
Due to the
conditions here, diving this inlet
is a
challenge and should be considered an advanced dive. Visibility is
often poor due to the strong current and
stirred up
sediment from summer boat traffic. Current regulations require
buddy
teams, a
dive flag and state that divers must surface within 25 feet of
their flag. Due to the high
concentration of boat traffic, it is highly recommended to
stay
close to the rocks and out of
the main channel.
Located
inside the inlet beyond where the channel turns south are the
remains of
a World War
II
submarine net. This steel net had been stretched across the inlet
in an effort to keep German submarines out of the bay. The counter
weight, track
and net are
lying in the sand in approximately 20 feet of water. Mussels now
cover
the nets
making them barely visible.
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