By Tom Gormley
208 pages 8-1/2 x 11, paperback, 138 B&W photos, 44 maps, glossary, references
ISBN: 978-0-9795925-1-5
Pub Date: 2008
Price $24.00

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Credits

Introduction

How To Use This Book

Shore Diving Background

• Motivating A New Jersey Shore Diver
• Shore Dive Season
• History of Maritime New Jersey
• Jetties, Breakwaters, Groins and Bridges
• Marine Life
• Access To The Shore

Becoming A Shore Diver

• So You Want To Become a Shore Diver
• Learning to Shore Dive

1. Buoyancy Control
2. Shore Entry
3. Shore Exit
4. Navigating

Divesite Information

• Divesite Rating Considerations
• Divesite Ratings
• Divesite Descriptions

1. Old Atlantic Highlands Pier, Atlantic Highlands
2. Auditorium, Sandy Hook Park
3. Guardian Park, Sandy Hook Park
4. Horseshoe Cove, Sandy Hook Park
5. Old Steampoint Pier, Sandy Hook
6. Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook
7. Old Highlands Bridge, Sandy Hook
8. Old Highlands Bridge, Highlands
9. Miller Street Beach, Highlands
10. Old Long Branch Pier, Long Branch
11. Chauncy Jerome Jr., Long Branch
12. Duak Wrecks—Adonis, Rusland, Long Branch
13. Pliny, Deal
14. Hathaway Jetty, Allenhurst
15. Allenhurst Jetty, Allenhurst
16. Shark River Inlet, Avon-By-The-Sea
17. Shark River Inlet, Belmar
18. Shark River Back Bay and Piet, Belmar
19. Western World Wreck, Spring Lake
20. Manasquan Wreck, Manasquan
21. New Manasquan River Railroad Bridge, Point
      Pleasant Beach
22. Lizzie H. Brayton, Point Pleasant Beach
23. Bluffs Wreck, Bay Head
24. Cannons Wreck, Mantoloking
25. John Minturn, Mantoloking
26. China Wreck, Mantoloking
27. Lavallette Wreck North, Lavallette
28. Lavallette Wreck South, Lavallette
29. Miss Eleanor, Island Beach
30. Caterina or Bone Wreck North, Island Beach
31. Remedios Pascual or Bone Wreck South, Island
      Beach
32. Longport Jetty, Longport
33. Strathmere Bridge and Corson's Inlet,
      Strathmere
34. SS Atlantus, Cape May
35. Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon
      County
36. Delaware River Water Gap Train Wreck, Water
      Gap, Pennslyvania
37. Delaware Ruver Water Gap, New Jersey
38. Dutch Springs Resort, Bethlahem, Pennslyvania
39. Lake Hopacong, Hopacong

Shore Diving Activities, References, and Resources

• Night Diving
• Photography and Videography
• Artifact Collecting
• Spearfishing
• Lobster Hunting
• Underwater Propulsion Vehicles
• Winter Diving in New Jersey
• New Site Exploration
• Ideas for Shore Diving Outside New Jersey

1. Long Island, New York
2. Rhode Island
3. Pennsylvania
4. Massachusetts
5. Maryland
6. New York

• Cooking Your Favorite Seafood—Recipes

1. Pan Fried Breaded Blackfish
2. Pan Fried Breaded Flounder
3. Grilled Blackfish or Flounder Boat Style
4. Boiled Lobster
5. Steamed Lobster
6. Baked Blackfish
7. Steamed Mussels For Two
4. Broiled Flounder
5. Grilled Striped Bass Steaks
6. Surf Clam Chowder

• Finding Scuba Resources

1. Dive Shops
2. Dive Clubs

• Finding Support Organizations

1. American Littorial Society
2. Beneath The Sea Dive Show
3. Ocean Wreck Divers
4. Clean Ocean Action
5. New Jersey Council of Diving Clubs
6. New Jersey Historical Divers Association
7. Divers Anonymous Dive Club

Glossary of Terms

Appendices

• GPS List of Entry Points, and Some Wreck Locations
• References
• About The Author

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