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74°W 73°30'W Chart Coverage in Coast Pilot 3—Chapter 4 NOAA’s Online Interactive Chart Catalog has complete chart coverage http://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml New York City NEW Y ORK
75°W 74°30'W Staten Island
40°30'N 12324 Sandy Hook 12325 NAVESINK RIVER
SHREWSBURY RIVER
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12326 MANASQUAN INLET
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39°30'N LITTLE EGG INLET 12323
Atlantic City ABSECON INLET
GREAT EGG HARBOR INLET Ocean City NORTH ATL ANTIC OCEAN 12316
HEREFORD INLET 39°N 12318 CAPE MAY INLET Cape May 12317 SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 ¢ 187 26 New Jersey Coast
(1) This chapter describes the coast of New Jersey from restricted to speeds of 10 knots or less in a Seasonal Sandy Hook to Cape May Point and the various inlets that Management Area existing around the Ports of New make into it from the Atlantic Ocean. Also discussed are York/New Jersey between November 1 and April 30. the resort towns of Atlantic City, Ocean City and Cape The area is defined as the waters within a 20-nm radius May. of 40°29'42.2"N., 73°55'57.6"W. (See 50 CFR 224.105 in chapter 2 for regulations, limitations and exceptions.) (2) ENCs - US4NY1AM, US4NY1BM, US4NJ23M, US5N- (11) J25M, US4NJ22M, US4DE12M, US4DE11M COLREGS Demarcation Lines Charts - 12326, 12323, 12318, 12304, 12214 (12) The lines established for New York Harbor and the inlets of the New Jersey coast are described 33 CFR (3) The coast of New Jersey extends in a general 80.165, 80.170, and 80.501, chapter 2. southerly direction for 44 miles from Sandy Hook to (13) Barnegat Inlet, then southwesterly for 66 miles to Cape Traffic Separation Scheme May Point. From Sandy Hook to Atlantic City the 60-foot (14) Traffic Separation Scheme off New Yorkhas been curve is 5 to 10 miles from shore; off Delaware Bay the established in the approaches to New York Harbor from distance has increased to 17 miles. sea. See Traffic Separation Schemes, chapter 1, for (4) Deep-draft vessels should stand off the coast in additional information. See also 33 CFR 167.1 through depths of 60 feet or more between New York Bay and 167.155, chapter 2, for limits and regulations. Delaware Bay. Light-draft vessels can follow the shore (15) Caution.—Numerous fishing floats have been more closely if they pay strict attention to the charts for reported in the approach to New York Harbor in the fishweir areas, shoals, wrecks and other obstructions. Traffic Separation Scheme precautionary area. Small craft should wait for favorable weather before (16) Shipping safety fairways have been established attempting an outside run along this coast. connecting the eastern approach off Ambrose of Traffic (5) The principal shallow-draft entrances are Shark Separation Scheme Off New York and the eastern River Inlet, Manasquan Inlet, Barnegat Inlet, Absecon approach off Nantucket of Traffic Separation Scheme Inlet and Cape May Inlet. There are several others that Off New York. (See 33 CFR 166.100 through 166.500, are unimproved. The inlets are, or may be, obstructed by chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) shifting bars, and most require local knowledge to carry (17) the best water. The best time to enter is on a rising tide Weather with a smooth sea; passage is hazardous during easterly (18) Strong winds are most often a problem from gales and heavy seas. November through March. Gales (winds of 34 knots or (6) In most cases the aids marking the various inlets are more) are encountered 3 to 5 percent of the time in these not charted due to the changing conditions. waters; they blow most frequently out of the northwest (7) The greater part of the New Jersey coast is summer- although northerlies and northeasterlies can also create resort area, and the numerous standpipes and elevated problems. They are slightly more frequent in the stretch tanks are prominent from seaward. The New Jersey of ocean between Atlantic City and Cape May. In open Intracoastal Waterway, an inside passage from Manasquan waters, on the average, extreme winds can be expected Inlet to Delaware Bay, is described in chapter 5. to reach 70 to 75 knots compared with 60 to 70 knots (8) in the inland waterway. Summer gales are rare but may North Atlantic Right Whales be encountered in a thunderstorm or infrequent tropical (9) Endangered North Atlantic right whales may occur cyclone. Along the coast strong winds (28 to 40 knots) within 30 nautical miles of the New Jersey coast (peak blow 10 percent of the time in winter compared with less season: November through April, although right whales than 1 percent in summer. have been sighted in the area year round). (See North (19) Seas are roughest from September to March. In Atlantic Right Whales, indexed as such in chapter 3, January waves of 8 feet (2.4 m) or more are encountered for more information on right whales and recommended about 15 to 25 percent of the time in deep waters. Rough measures to avoid collisions.) seas are most likely with west and northwest winds of 20 (10) All vessels 65 feet or greater in length overall (LOA) knots or more and have reached 40 feet (12.2 m). While and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are fog, haze, precipitation and smoke can hamper visibility, U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 26 SEP 2021 ¢ 188
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Structures across Shark River
Clearances (feet) Name Type Location Horizontal Vertical* Information Ocean Avenue bridge bascule 40°11'14"N., 74°00'36"W. 90 15 Note 2 Call sign KMD-281
State Route 71/Main Street bridge fixed 40°11'12"N., 74°01'24"W. 80 8 North channel of Shark River
State Route 71/Main Street bridge bascule 40°11'07"N., 74°01'25"W. 50 13 South channel of Shark River Notes 1 and 2 Call sign KT-4202
N.Y. and L.B. Company Railroad bridge fixed 40°11'12"N., 74°01'30"W. 20 8 North channel of Shark River
N.Y. and L.B. Company Railroad bridge bascule 40°11'04"N., 74°04'33"W. 50 8 South channel of Shark River Notes 1 and 2 Call sign KT-4202
Overhead cable power 40°11'12"N., 74°01'31"W. 32 North channel of Shark River
Overhead cable power 40°11'04"N., 74°01'34"W. 31 South channel of Shark River
State Route 35 bridge fixed 40°11'12"N., 74°01'31"W. 35 8 North channel of Shark River
State Route 35 bridge fixed 40°11'04"N., 74°01'34"W. 50 50 South channel of Shark River
Overhead cable power 40°11'13"N., 74°01'32"W. 32 North channel of Shark River
Overhead cable power 40°11'04"N., 74°01'36"W. 31 South channel of Shark River
* Clearances are referenced to Mean High Water Note 1 – See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.751, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations. Note 2 – Bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13.
it is most restricted by advection fog. This occurs most (24) Sandy Hook Coast Guard Station, a standpipe, often in late spring and early summer when warm south to several towers and two marine lights are prominent on southwest winds blow across the cold Labrador Current. the northern part of the hook. May is usually the worst month, when visibilities less (25) Sandy Hook is a government reservation, and landing than 0.5 mile (0.8 km) are encountered 4 to 9 percent of is prohibited as far south, approximately, as the bridge the time and less than 2 miles (3.2 km) 5 to 15 percent of over the mouth of Shrewsbury River. Vessels awaiting the time; highest frequencies occur nearest the New York favorable weather for an outside run can anchor in Sandy Bight. Along the coast, visibilities less than 0.25 mile Hook Bay south of a line bearing due west from Sandy (0.4 km) occur on 3 to 6 days per month from October Hook Light. through March. This is a combination of radiation fog, (26) Sandy Hook Bay, Navesink River and Shrewsbury precipitation and smoke. River are described in United States Coast Pilot 2,
(20) Atlantic Coast, Cape Cod to Sandy Hook. Pilotage, New Jersey Coast (27) On the northwest side of the approach to Navesink (21) Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. River is the highest ground along the open Atlantic Coast vessels under register. Pilotage is available from the between Maine and Florida. The 276-foot wooded ridge Sandy Hook Pilot Association, 201 Edgewater Street, is 4 miles south of Sandy Hook Light and 0.5 mile back Staten Island, NY 10305, telephone 718-448-3900, fax of the outer beach. Abandoned Navesink Lighthouse 718-447-1582, email: pilotoffice@sandyhookpilots. (40°23'48"N., 73°59'12"W.) is in a cleared space on the com. Arrangement for pilotage may be made through easternmost spur at a ground elevation of 180 feet; the ship’s agents or directly. A 24-hour advance notice is two 73-foot brownstone towers, the north one octagonal required. and the south square, are connected by a dwelling. A privately maintained light, 246 feet above the water, is (22) now shown seasonally from the north tower. ENCs - US4NY1AM, US4NY1BM (28) Shrewsbury Rocks, 7.3 miles south of Sandy Hook Chart - 12326 Light, are 0.4 to 1 mile offshore and have a least depth of 16 feet. A buoy is eastward of the rocks. (23) Sandy Hook on the south side of the entrance to (29) The sea boundary between the First and Fifth Coast New York Harbor, is the most northerly part of the Guard Districts is on a line 122° from 40°18'N on the New New Jersey coast. Sandy Hook Light (40°27'42"N., Jersey coast south of Shrewsbury Rocks. 74°00'07"W.), 88 feet above the water, is shown from (30) an 85-foot stone tower 1.2 miles from the north end of ENC - US5NJ30M the point. The light, established in 1764, is the oldest in continuous use in the United States. Chart - 12324
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between Sandy Hook and Manasquan Inlet. The town of (36) Avon fronts the ocean on the north side of the river, and Pilotage, Shark River Inlet Belmar is on the south side. (37) Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. (32) Shark River Inlet is protected by jetties, each vessels under register. Pilotage is available from the marked by a light near its outer end. A dredged channel Sandy Hook Pilot Association, 201 Edgewater Street, leads through the inlet and through Shark River to the Staten Island, NY 10305, telephone 718-448-3900, fax Belmar Municipal Boat Basin, 1.2 miles above the 718-876-8055, email: pilotoffice@sandyhookpilots. jetties. The State of New Jersey maintains and marks com. Arrangements for pilotage may be made through several channels through the flats north and west of the ship’s agents or directly. A 24-hour advance notice is boat basin. Shark River Coast Guard Station is on the required. north side of the river, about 0.3 mile above the jetties. An anchorage is just east of State Route 71 highway bridge. (38) Manasquan Inlet, 22 miles southward of Sandy (33) In stormy weather, breakers form along the bar off Hook Light, is the Atlantic entrance to Manasquan River the inlet, but entrance can be made in moderately rough and the northern terminus of the New Jersey Intracoastal weather with some local knowledge. When the winds and Waterway, as described in chapter 5. Manasquan Inlet the tides are opposed, the inlet is difficult to enter. A cross Coast Guard Station is on the south side of the inlet. current, strongest on the ebb, may be encountered at Ocean Avenue Bridge at the inner end of the jetties. (40) A marked dredged channel leads through Manasquan Vessels for which the closed bridge clearance is Inlet between two jetties and extends about 5 miles up insufficient should not attempt entrance until the drawspan Manasquan River. The jetties are marked by lights; a is completely open. sound signal is at the south jetty light. Traffic conditions (35) There are excellent small-craft and fishing-boat in Manasquan Inlet can be hazardous due to the large facilities in Shark River inside the inlet. Most of these volume of commercial and pleasure boat traffic. Mariners facilities are on both sides and above the inner bridges are advised to exercise caution and control speed and and in the Belmar Municipal Boat basin. wake while transiting the inlet. The Coast Guard monitors traffic in the inlet, and safe boating is enforced. (41) The current velocity in Manasquan Inlet is about 1.8 knots in the inlet. U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 26 SEP 2021 ¢ 190
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(42) Mariners should exercise caution when entering marked by a lighted whistle buoy about 1.7 miles Manasquan Inlet when the winds and tides are opposed; southeast of the north jetty. The inlet is protected by two local knowledge is advised. jetties marked by lights. A sound signal is at the south
(43) jetty light. Two orange and white danger buoys are Pilotage, Manasquan Inlet northeast of the north jetty to mark the submerged jetty (44) Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. between Light 6 and the exposed jetty. Buoys inside the vessels under register. Pilotage is available from the channel are moved frequently and not charted. Barnegat Sandy Hook Pilot Association, 201 Edgewater Street, Light (39°45'51"N., 74°06'22"W.), on the south side of Staten Island, NY 10305, telephone 718-448-3900, fax the inlet, is the most prominent landmark in the area; it is 718-876-8055, e-mail: pilotoffice@sandyhookpilots. a 163-foot-high brick tower, dark red on its upper half com. Arrangements for pilotage may be made through and white on its lower half. The lighted tower is maintained ship’s agents or directly. A 24-hour advance notice is by the State of New Jersey as a historical monument. Also required. prominent from seaward is a 391-foot-high powerplant stack at the head of Oyster Creek, on the west side of (45) Barnegat Bay. ENCs - US4NJ23M, US5NJ30M (49) Barnegat Inlet Channel and Oyster Creek Channel Charts - 12323, 12324 are subject to continual change due to severe shoaling. The buoys marking these channels are shifted frequently (46) Bay Head, 2 miles south of Manasquan Inlet, is to mark the best water and therefore are not charted. marked by a prominent elevated water tank. From Bay Mariners are advised to use caution and local knowledge. Head south, the resorts are more widely spaced on the It was reported that various aids marking Oyster Creek low, narrow barrier beach which separates the inside Channel may be submerged because of strong tidal waters from the ocean. currents. Breakers make across the inlet with an ebb tide (47) Barnegat Inlet, 21 miles southward of Manasquan and an easterly wind. Strangers should not attempt to Inlet, forms a passage from the Atlantic Ocean through transit the inlet under any but ideal conditions. Boatmen Oyster Creek Channel to the New Jersey Intracoastal needing assistance should lay outside the inlet and contact Waterway and Barnegat Bay. The approach to the inlet is the local Coast Guard station. SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 ¢ 191 26
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(50) The current velocity in Barnegat Inlet is about 2.5 J20M knots in the inlet, although currents as high as 7 knots Charts - 12318, 12316 have been reported. (51) Barnegat Light is a resort town on the south side of (56) Little Egg Inlet(39°29’00”N., 74°17’30”W.), 19 Barnegat Inlet. The channel to the small-craft and fishing- miles south-southwestward of Barnegat Inlet and close boat facilities on the bay side of the town is marked by southward of Beach Haven Inlet, is used considerably privately maintained seasonal buoys or markers; these by local pleasure and fishing boats. Depth over the bar aids are not charted. is ample for any vessel that can navigate the inside (52) waters, but in very heavy weather breakers form all the ENCs - US4NJ23M, US5NJ24M, US5NJ20M way across the bar. The inlet channels and shoreline are Charts - 12323, 12316 constantly changing; the entrance is well marked, but the buoys are not charted because they are frequently shifted in position. In 2007, an unmarked partially submerged (53) Beach Haven Inlet (39°30.0'N., 74°15.1'W.), 17 miles south-southwestward of Barnegat Inlet, is wreck was reported at about 39°29'09"N., 74°17'31"W.; unmarked. Numerous wrecks and shoal spots are at the caution is advised. entrance. Due to changing conditions of the channel, (57) Brigantine Inlet, 2.6 miles south-southwestward of boatmen are advised to seek local knowledge prior to Little Egg Inlet, has shoaled to such an extent that it is entering. unsafe for even the shallowest drafts. Brigantine Shoal, 3 miles south of the inlet, has a least depth of 18 feet. (54) The entrance to Beach Haven Inlet should not be mistaken for Little Egg Inlet, which is close southward. (58) Absecon Inlet, 8.7 miles southwestward of Little Beach Haven Coast Guard Station is inside the barrier Egg Inlet, is on the northeast side of Atlantic City, the beach, 3.2 miles north of Beach Haven Inlet. largest resort on the New Jersey coast. The inlet is protected at the entrance by jetties; a revetment extends (55) along the Atlantic City side of the inlet. Small-craft ENCs - US5NJ25M, US4NJ22M, US5NJ24M, US5N- facilities are available at a hotel marina on the southwest side of the inlet. (60) The entrance channel is subject to continual change and the buoys are frequently shifted to mark the best water. U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 26 SEP 2021 ¢ 192
(65) CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA – ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY (39°27'N, 74°34'W) 118 feet (36 m)
WEATHER ELEMENTS JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR RECORD
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (station pressure reduced to sea level) YEARS OF Mean (millibars) 1018.3 1017.8 1016.3 1014.8 1015.9 1014.9 1015.6 1016.7 1018.2 1018.7 1018.7 1019.0 1017.1 38 TEMPERATURE (°F) Mean 31.7 33.6 41.4 51.0 60.7 69.8 75.3 73.7 66.6 55.5 46.1 36.1 53.7 40 Mean daily maximum 40.7 42.8 51.1 61.4 71.2 80.2 84.7 83.1 76.7 66.3 55.8 45.3 63.5 40 Mean daily minimum 22.3 23.9 31.2 40.0 49.6 59.0 65.3 63.7 56.1 44.3 35.9 26.5 43.3 40 Extreme (highest) 78 75 85 94 99 106 104 100 99 90 81 75 106 40 Extreme (lowest) -10 -11 5 12 25 37 42 40 32 20 10 -2 -11 40 RELATIVE HUMIDITY Average percentage 58.5 52.9 37.8 22.8 34.2 23.9 30.5 41.8 57.4 62.1 61.6 65.4 45.8 40 CLOUD COVER Percent of time clear 25.0 24.9 26.0 22.6 18.6 17.3 16.8 18.4 24.4 30.3 24.3 25.5 22.8 37 Percent of time scattered 15.3 14.2 14.9 14.7 18.1 20.5 21.9 22.4 200 18.3 17.6 15.3 17.8 37 Percent of time broken 14.6 13.8 15.5 18.3 21.3 25.8 27.2 25.1 20.4 18.2 17.0 14.2 19.4 37 Percent of time overcast 40.7 43.2 39.1 38.6 36.0 30.2 27.6 27.9 29.9 28.7 35.6 40.5 34.7 37 PRECIPITATION (inches) Mean amount 3.3 2.9 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.5 4.3 4.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.3 40.9 40 Greatest amount 7.1 5.7 9.2 7.5 6.7 6.3 13.0 16.0 6.2 6.6 9.6 7.3 55.3 40 Least amount 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.6 25.2 40 Maximum amount (24 hours) 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9 4.1 2.7 6.4 11.1 3.8 2.4 2.8 1.9 11.1 40 Mean number of days 14 13 15 14 15 12 13 12 11 10 13 15 157 40 SNOW Mean amount 5.3 5.9 2.1 0.4 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.4 2.3 16.5 38 Greatest amount 20.3 35.2 17.6 3.9 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 7.8 9.3 50.1 38 Least amount 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 38 Maximum amount (24 hours) 14.3 16.6 11.5 3.9 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 7.8 6.7 16.6 38 Mean number of days 7 7 4 1 Miss 0 0 0 0 Miss 1 5 25 40 WIND Percentage with gales 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.02 40 Mean wind speed (knots) 9.5 9.7 10.2 10.1 8.7 7.9 7.2 6.9 7.2 7.7 9.0 9.1 8.6 40 Direction (percentage of observations) North 6.2 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.2 5.7 7.5 7.5 5.7 6.9 5.7 40 North Northeast 3.7 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.3 2.5 2.7 3.9 5.0 4.5 3.7 4.1 3.6 40 Northeast 3.2 4.1 4.2 3.4 3.8 3.3 2.2 3.3 4.4 4.1 3.0 3.0 3.5 40 East Northeast 2.8 4.0 5.2 4.5 5.6 4.0 2.6 4.0 5.1 4.3 3.4 2.9 4.0 40 East 2.4 2.9 3.9 4.9 5.2 4.2 3.9 3.4 4.4 3.2 2.8 2.2 3.6 40 East Southeast 2.0 2.5 3.2 4.1 5.0 4.1 3.6 3.5 4.2 2.9 2.6 2.1 3.3 40 Southeast 1.7 2.4 3.4 3.8 4.2 3.4 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.1 2.4 1.6 3.1 40 South Southeast 2.3 2.9 4.0 5.6 6.0 6.7 6.1 5.4 4.2 3.5 3.2 2.1 4.3 40 South 4.4 5.1 7.4 9.8 10.7 13.3 12.8 10.8 7.6 6.0 6.6 4.4 8.3 40 South Southwest 5.6 5.9 6.4 7.6 9.0 11.1 11.1 10.3 7.9 6.3 6.9 6.3 7.9 40 Southwest 5.7 5.3 4.7 5.5 6.8 8.6 9.7 9.4 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.9 40 West Southwest 7.6 6.8 5.1 6.4 6.6 8.2 8.6 7.7 6.3 7.6 7.7 7.3 7.2 40 West 11.4 9.4 8.0 7.3 6.2 5.6 6.3 5.3 5.0 6.8 9.4 10.4 7.6 40 West Northwest 15.8 13.5 12.1 9.7 7.0 5.5 5.3 5.5 6.0 8.3 12.1 14.4 9.6 40 Northwest 12.1 12.1 11.1 9.4 6.7 6.3 5.5 6.0 6.8 8.8 11.3 11.9 9.0 40 North Northwest 7.3 8.0 7.9 6.7 5.0 4.4 4.9 4.8 6.8 7.0 6.5 7.5 6.4 40 Calm 5.8 5.1 4.2 3.6 4.4 4.9 6.3 7.9 8.0 9.3 5.9 6.4 6.0 40 Direction (mean speed, knots) North 8.1 8.9 9.1 9.2 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.8 7.2 7.8 8.2 8.0 8.0 40 North Northeast 7.9 8.9 9.2 9.1 7.9 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.4 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.9 40 Northeast 10.0 8.8 10.2 10.3 8.8 8.2 6.8 7.8 8.4 9.0 9.4 8.1 8.9 40 East Northeast 10.4 10.9 11.4 10.8 9.7 8.5 7.7 7.9 8.9 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.6 40 East 9.3 9.1 10.1 10.2 9.0 7.6 7.2 7.3 8.0 8.2 8.7 9.1 8.6 40 East Southeast 7.9 8.3 8.7 9.2 8.2 7.6 7.2 6.8 7.7 7.9 8.6 7.5 8.0 40 Southeast 7.9 7.6 9.0 8.8 8.3 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.7 8.0 8.4 7.3 7.9 40 South Southeast 9.2 8.9 9.0 9.7 9.0 8.3 8.0 7.7 8.2 8.2 9.4 8.4 8.6 40 South 9.9 9.3 10.6 10.8 10.4 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.8 9.7 9.2 9.5 40 South Southwest 9.1 9.6 10.3 10.6 9.4 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.3 8.4 9.4 9.4 9.0 40 Southwest 8.6 9.2 8.9 9.0 8.2 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.8 8.8 8.8 8.1 40 West Southwest 9.1 9.2 9.4 9.7 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.3 7.0 8.1 8.7 8.8 8.4 40 West 11.2 11.5 11.5 11.3 9.7 8.5 7.8 7.6 7.6 9.0 10.0 10.5 10.0 40 West Northwest 12.1 12.4 12.8 12.2 10.3 8.8 8.0 7.2 8.1 9.2 11.2 11.9 11.0 40 Northwest 11.2 11.9 12.2 11.5 9.3 8.2 7.1 6.7 7.2 8.6 10.5 11.1 10.1 40 North Northwest 9.3 10.1 10.1 10.1 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.7 7.3 8.2 8.9 9.4 8.8 40 VISIBILITY Mean number of days with fog 12 11 13 13 15 16 19 19 16 14 12 12 172 40 T = trace (not measurable) amount of precipitation Miss or blank is a missing value SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 ¢ 193 26
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Great Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jersey Image courtesy of Waterway Images (2004) N
The channel through the inlet intersects the New Jersey through February, has recorded temperatures below Intracoastal Waterway 1.9 miles above the inlet entrance 0°F (-17.8°C). The warmest temperature on record south jetty. The New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway is for Atlantic City is 106°F (41.1°C), recorded in June described in chapter 5. Current velocities up to 6 knots 1969, while the coldest temperature on record is -11°F have been reported in the channel. (-23.9°C), recorded in February 1979.
(61) (64) Precipitation, on the average, is moderate and well Weather distributed throughout the year, with June the driest (62) The climate of Atlantic City is principally continental month and August the wettest. The average annual in character; however, the moderating influence of the precipitation for Atlantic City is 41 inches (1,041 mm). Atlantic Ocean is apparent throughout the year. As a Thunderstorms are mostly a warm season phenomena. result, the summers are relatively cooler and winters The bulk of winter precipitation results from storms that milder than elsewhere at the same latitude. Land and sea move northeasterly along or close to the coast. Snowfall, breezes often prevail. Temperatures of 90°F (32.2°C) or at about 17 inches (432 mm) per year, is considerably less higher are recorded about three times per year, which is than elsewhere at the same latitude and does not remain considerably less frequent than locations further inland. long on the ground. Snow has fallen in each month, The weather tends to remain comparatively mild late into October through May. The greatest 24-hour snowfall was the fall, but on the other hand, warming is retarded in the 16.6 (421.6 mm) recorded in February 1979. Ice storms spring. are relatively infrequent. (66) (63) January is the coldest month and July the warmest.
Sandy Hook Pilot Association, 201 Edgewater Street, 27 feet and marked by a lighted bell buoy, is 7 miles east- Staten Island, NY 10305, telephone 718-448-3900, fax southeast of Townsends Inlet. 718-876-8055, e-mail: pilotoffice@sandyhookpilots. (80) Townsends Inlet, 20 miles southwest of Absecon com. Arrangements for pilotage may be made through Inlet, is subject to considerable changes in position and ship’s agents or directly. A 24-hour advance notice is depth and is used principally by pleasure craft. Channel required. buoys are not charted, because they are shifted frequently
(70) to mark the best water. The depth over the bar is about Coast Guard 4 feet. Numerous wrecks and obstructions are in the (71) Atlantic City Coast Guard Station is on the north approaches to the inlet from seaward. side of the entrance to Clam Creek. (81) Townsends Inlet is a small resort on the northeast side of the inlet. A seasonal Coast Guard station is on the northeast side of the resort. (72) Clam Creek, on the south side of Absecon Inlet, has (82) The highway bridge over Townsends Inlet has its marked entrance 1 mile northwestward of the south a bascule span with a clearance of 23 feet. (See 33 jetty light. The creek includes Gardner Basin, Snug CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.757, chapter 2, for Harbor and Delta Basin on its southerly side, and the drawbridge regulations.) The route of the New Jersey small-boat basin of the State marina on its northerly side. Intracoastal Waterway is just west of the bridge. In 1987, The municipal wharf is on the east side of the entrance to it was reported that a sandbar in a north-south direction the small-boat basin. across the east approach to the channel at the center of (73) Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice and marine supplies the drawspan causes hazardous conditions for mariners, can be obtained at the several small-craft facilities in especially during south winds and flood tidal currents that the creek and in the small-boat basin. Hull and engine create a loss of steering and dangerous clockwise currents repairs can be made at the facilities in Gardner Basin and at the base of the bridge; extreme caution is advised in Snug Harbor; maximum haul-out capacities are: marine this area. railway, 65 feet; lift, 20 tons. The harbormaster at the (83) Hereford Inlet, 28 miles southwest of Absecon State marina assigns slips in the small-boat basin; a fuel Inlet, is subject to rapid change. Breakers form at all float is on the west side of the basin, and the harbormaster’s times on the shoals and in moderate weather on the office is on the east side. bar. The approach to the inlet is extremely dangerous (74) The highway bridge, 1.5 miles above Absecon Inlet with a following sea. The depth over the bar is about 4 entrance, has a fixed span with a clearance of 60 feet. feet, but passage should not be attempted without local Two fishing piers, the remains of a former bascule bridge, knowledge. are about 50 yards northward of the bridge. Care must (84) Hereford Inlet Light (39°00'24"N., 74°47'28"W.), be exercised when passing through this bridge because 57 feet above the water, is shown from a white square of the strong currents; velocities of 2.5 knots have been tower with cupola on a white dwelling on the south side reported. of the inlet. (75) Great Egg Harbor Inlet, 7 miles southwest of (85) Nummy Island is on the inner side of Hereford Absecon Inlet, is subject to continual change due to Inlet; the Intracoastal Waterway passes west of the island. severe shoaling. The buoys marking the inlet are not Ocean Drive highway crosses Nummy Island and has charted because they are shifted frequently to mark the drawbridges over Great Channel, which leads northward best water. The inlet is used by many local fishing and from the inlet, and Grassy Sound Channel, which leads pleasure boats with drafts up to 5 feet. Breakers extend westward; both bascule spans have a clearance of 15 feet. along the bar even in moderate weather and are hazardous (See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59, 117.721 and 117.733, to small boats. Local knowledge is advised at all times in chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) entering the inlet. The bridges, just inside Great Egg (86) Supplies and facilities at Stone Harbor and Wildwood Harbor Inlet, are described in chapter 5 in connection are described with the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, with the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. chapter 5.
(77) Ocean City, a large summer resort on the southwest (87) side of Great Egg Harbor Inlet, has highway connections ENCs - US5NJ21M, US5NJ24M, US5NJ20M, US- with the mainland. Supplies and facilities are described in 4DE11M connection with the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. Charts - 12317, 12316, 12214 Great Egg Coast Guard Station is in a basin on the inner side of the city. (88) Cape May Inlet (38°56.2'N., 74°51.8'W.), 34 miles (78) Corson Inlet, 14 miles southwest of Absecon Inlet, southwest of Absecon Inlet, is protected by jetties whose is subject to constant change in depth and should not be lights are inshore of the submerged ends. A 327° lighted used. range marks the channel between the jetties. Buoys mark (79) A shoal, covered 16 feet and marked by a buoy, is the channel inside the harbor. At night the lights on the 3.8 miles east of Townsends Inlet. Avalon Shoal, covered towers on the east side and from the U.S. Coast Guard SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 ¢ 195 26
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rescue tower on the west of the inlet are visible from well the north and west sides of the harbor. Cape May Coast offshore. Guard Training Center and its attendant facilities are (90) The danger area of a Coast Guard rifle range extends on the south side of the harbor. from Sewell Point westward from Cape May Inlet. (See (94) The resort town of Cape May fronts the ocean 2 33 CFR 334.100, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) miles west of Cape May Inlet. Depths between 11 and 30
(91) feet can be carried through the inlet to the end of the inner Pilotage, Cape May Harbor jetties. From the inner jetties a channel marked by lights (92) Pilotage is compulsory for all foreign vessels of 100 and daybeacons leads west through Cape May Harbor gross tons or more and all U.S. vessels under register then divides north to the mouth of Cape May Canal and engaged in foreign trade or commerce of 100 gross tons or south to the mouth of Schellenger Creek. A side channel more. Pilotage is optional for all U.S. Government vessels leads through Schellenger Creek and Spicer Creek and for all U.S. vessels under enrollment in a coastwise Canal to a connection with the Cape May Canal. Traffic trade if they have on board a pilot licensed by the Federal through Schellenger Creek is restricted by the 38-foot- Government to operate in these waters. Pilotage service is wide fixed span highway bridge with a clearance of 4 feet available from the Pilots’ Association for Bay and River that remains in the closed position. (See 33 CFR 117.1 Delaware on a limited 24-hour basis. Arrangements for through 117.59 and 117.750, chapter 2, for drawbridge pilotage can be made through ships’ agents or directly. A regulations.) 24-hour advance notice is requested with updated 6-hour (95) ETA. Pilots will board just southwestward of Lighted Current Bell Buoy 2CM off Cape May Inlet. (See Pilotage, Bay (96) The current velocity is about 2 knots in Cape May and River Delaware, chapter 6.) Inlet.
(93) Cape May Harbor is used by fishing fleets, pleasure (97) craft and the Coast Guard. The fishing vessels operate from Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural wharves below and above the bridge at the northeast end quarantine of the harbor and from wharves in Schellenger Creek, at (98) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and the west end of the harbor. Pleasure-craft facilities are on appendix for addresses.) U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 26 SEP 2021 ¢ 196
(99) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with (102) The Coast Guard piers on the inner side of Sewell regulations of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public Point are the largest in the harbor and have depths of 15 Health Service, chapter 1.) feet to 10 feet alongside.
(100) (103) The waterway to Jarvis Sound, at the northeast end Small-craft facilities of Cape May Harbor, and through Cape May Canal at the (101) Most of the fishing and small-craft facilities are west end, is described with the New Jersey Intracoastal along the northern and western sides of Cape May Harbor Waterway, chapter 5. and in Schellenger Creek. SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Chapter 4 ¢ 197 26