|
Lizzie H. Brayton
 1414 Ocean Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ
|
Max Depth: 16-20ft/5-6m
Average Viz: 11-15ft/3-5m
Entry Type: Shore
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
|
Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Winter: Under 50°F/10°C
|
|
|
|
Lizzie H. Brayton is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located at 1414 Ocean Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ. The maximum depth is 16-20ft/5-6m. The average visibility is 11-15ft/3-5m.
From Aqua Explorers: DIRECTIONS: (Point Pleasant, Monmouth County)
Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 98, Rt 34. After driving thought the second traffic circle Rt34 will change into Rt 35. Continue over the bridge into Point Pleasant. Make a left hand "U" turn immediately after bridge, then a quick right onto Broadway. Take Broadway to the end and turn right onto Ocean Ave. Stay on Ocean for approximately three miles. The wreck is directly in front of the Driftwood Motel, 1414 Ocean Ave., which will be on the left side.
CONDITIONS:
The Lizzie H. Brayton was a 201 foot, 979 ton, four masted schooner. She was built in 1891 at Bath, Maine. At 2:00 AM on December 18, 1904, the Brayton while en-route from Lamberts Point, Virginia to New Haven, Connecticut, with a cargo of coal struck a sand bar during a fierce snow storm. With the assistance of the surfmen at the Bay Head Lifesaving Station, the crew of nine was successfully rescued in breeches buoys. A few days after the Lizzie H. Brayton came ashore a storm blew up and swamped the stranded vessel.
The wreck lies in ten to 15 feet of water 160 yards off Point Pleasant, and can be located by swimming directly east from the Driftwood Motel. (Actually you may have better luck using the house south of the motel, RayC) The wreck lies north to south. Diver, Bill Schmoldt, reports that this wreck is easy to locate due to her high profile and that divers will still be able to see a disturbance in the waves directly over the wreck at low tide.
Depending on storms that move the sand around there may be little or a lot to see, in 2005 it was sanded over, in 2008 it was 20’ inside the hull, RayC
