About Photos Revisions The Mantoloking Wreck, AKA Meta, Cannons East St. & Lyman Ave., Mantoloking, NJ Max Depth: 21-25ft/6-8m Average Viz: 5-10ft/2-3m Entry Type: Shore Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Might See Something Spring: 61-65°F/16-18°C Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C Fall: 66-70°F/19-21°C Winter: Under 50°F/10°C 6/22/2012 12:16 PM

The Mantoloking Wreck, AKA Meta, Cannons is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located at East St. & Lyman Ave., Mantoloking, NJ. The maximum depth is 21-25ft/6-8m. The average visibility is 5-10ft/2-3m.

From NJScuba.net
Type: shipwreck, sailing ship, Germany
Built: 1855, Damariscotta ME USA
Specs: ( 204 x 42 ft ) 1812 tons 24 crew
Sunk: Sunday October 14, 1883 ran aground in fog - no casualties
Depth: 20 ft. some divers show it at 24’

Park at East St. & Lyman Ave. Observe parking signs. Also, no in or out of your bathing suit in Bay Head on public streets! Take walkway to beach, do not cut across private property.

Beach passes are required in season so you might want to be on the beach by 07:30 before the checkers arrive and there is a 2 hour parking limit. If the surf is rough you might want to turn around now :(

Walk south on beach 9 homes, look for flagpole with side arms, hopefully the flagpole survived Sandy, swim out 110 degrees 150 yards.

Anchor chain if it’s above sand runs 200’ north of wreck. The wreck its self faces toward the Bay Head Tower.