Dual Wrecks - Long Branch NJ

[Basking Ridge Diver]

Went out to Dual Wrecks as a shore dive today - beautiful day and I was really looking forward to it... No video no photos - I am going to blame the US Army Corp of Engineers and the sand replenishment project...
Dove through the surf and waves to get to what should have been a 22 to 25 foot depth - instead it was 9 feet... Holy cow - I kept thinking I must be heading north or back to shore - checked my compass at least 10 times. I had no idea they pushed that much sand this past year. So anyway - if you are thinking about diving the Dual Wrecks - give it a couple years to remove the 9+ feet of sand on top...
Had I known I could have saved myself considerable trouble walking all the way to the site. :-(

 

[boulderjohn]

Shore diving off Long Branch--brings back great memories. When I was a child, I used to go to Long Branch every summer to visit relatives, and we went to the beach whenever we could. My cousin (4 years older) became a diver in the early 1960s, and I watched in fascination as he geared up and entered the surf (solo) with his speargun. I did not become a diver for decades after that, but I believe that introduction had a lot to do with my going in that direction.

BTW, I recently asked him about the training he had received when he first started diving. He said he had bought all the gear at a local sporting goods store, and the salesman gave him an explanation of what he needed to do. He said it took about 5 minutes.

 

[justwannadivenow3]

Went out to Dual Wrecks as a shore dive today - beautiful day and I was really looking forward to it... No video no photos - I am going to blame the US Army Corp of Engineers and the sand replenishment project...
Dove through the surf and waves to get to what should have been a 22 to 25 foot depth - instead it was 9 feet... Holy cow - I kept thinking I must be heading north or back to shore - checked my compass at least 10 times. I had no idea they pushed that much sand this past year. So anyway - if you are thinking about diving the Dual Wrecks - give it a couple years to remove the 9+ feet of sand on top...
Had I known I could have saved myself considerable trouble walking all the way to the site. :-(

Any other dives you'd recommend in Long Branch?

 

[Basking Ridge Diver]

No - not wreck dives. My guess is with the sand replenishment anything along the shore has been buried...

South of Long Branch is Allenhurst Jetty - but you want to dive it when the wave action is low.
MacLearie Park is not bad either - seahorses and tropicals come in from the Gulf Stream.

 

[WatchTryst]

I'm up for any shore dives in the Long Branch area.