Delaware Water Gap "Beer Train Wreck"

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Delaware Water Gap "Beer Train Wreck" - Delaware Water Gap PA

Delaware Water Gap "Beer Train Wreck" is a shore accessible fresh water dive site, located at Rt. 611, Delaware Water Gap, PA. This dive site has an average rating of 3.00 out of 5 from 7 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 36-40ft/11-12m. The average visibility is 5-10ft/2-3m.

It’s located near the parking lot of the Point of Gap Overlook along Route 611. Divers must use a rope to help lower themselves and their gear down the steep slope to the staging location.

With the temperature of the water near the surface an invigorating 52 degrees, and even colder below, the divers wore either wet suits or dry suits.

While most of the cars and the engines were removed decades ago, at least two cars remain, and are submerged in about 25 feet of water, along with a truck resting upside down that was reportedly carrying Miller beer and was being hauled by the train. Farther into the channel, the river’s depth reaches approximately 50 feet.

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Comments

BeekeeperGreg - 10/29/2017 12:38 PM

Dove 10-28-17, Vis was 10-15’, bottom kicks up easy. Water temp around 53 F, the week before it was 64.
We enjoyed the dive. Be care crossing the road, cars coming from the North show up quickly. The bank from the RR tracks to the river is steep. We didn’t use a rope ( we had one) but should be considered. Carl found a Miller beer bottle, Matt tried to film but with three of use kicking up the bottom —-probably not good footage.

gemiller - 9/08/2014 6:24 AM

I went scuba diving here on 9/5/2014. Average viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C.
Visibility at the wreck itself was decent at 5-10’ but the wreck silted up with even a close approach to anything. Was neat to see the train cars and the progress of the rapid deterioration. We then proceed upriver and out into the basin and drifted back down where the visibility at deeper depths improved to 10-15. Current was nonexistent to slow at best as well. Clarity was better than expected. We’ll be back to drift dive under the 80 bridge to look for fish life.

Malmust - 8/17/2014 4:43 PM

Rating Added: 2
Its different lots of junk on the bottom.

LatitudeAdjustment - 7/24/2012 8:22 AM

More info with site map, page down: http://njscuba.net/sites/site_freshwater.html

LatitudeAdjustment - 6/15/2012 9:54 AM

Here’s a map from Portsmouth scuba’s website, the train is the blue box in the upper left http://www.portsmouthscuba.com/flash/chanlmap.pdf

LatitudeAdjustment - 6/20/2009 7:27 AM

Just to be clear, this is on the Pa. side of the river.

Malmust - 9/08/2014 3:06 PM

PA side