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The "Squan" Inlet seperates Manasquan and Point Pleasant New Jersey. A busy inlet during the boating season, so a dive flag is a mandatory piece of equipment. In the middle of the inlet there is the remains of an old barge. It is unnamed so no one took credit for it. Its funny that no one ever posted this location, many divers for years have been there. In some ways similar to the Shark River Inlet.

The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat. There may actually be two wrecks north of the north jetty, some divers looking for the Manasquan wreck found a smaller, newer wreck in the sand.

The best place to dive in the Manasquan River is the Railroad Bridge at Gull Island Park, which is set up specifically for divers. This location is used heavily for training dives, but if you can avoid the crowds it can be a very interesting spot, with a wide variety of marine life. Powerful tidal currents will limit your dive time, but otherwise there are no time restrictions, unlike the inlet.

More info and map at Aqua Explorers: http://www.aquaexplorers.com/beachdivingNJmanasquanjetties.htm
The name Manasquan is derived from the Indian words Man -A-Squaw -Han, or "Stream of the Island of the Squaws". In old records, and even up to World War Two, the area was known simply as Squam or Squan.

More info, pictures on NJscuba.net http://njscuba.net/sites/site_manasquan_river.html