Travels with KOKOMO II: June 30, Manasquan, NJ

We moved another 50 miles north along the NJ coast today. Some of the time we were in the ocean and then went into the NJ Intercoastal Waterway through the Little Egg Harbor Inlet. We probably will not do that again. The Intercoastal is very shallow ad we were constantly worried about shoaling and running aground in the channel. The stated depth is as little as 4.5 feet and no dredging has taken place since the mid 1980's. We did the trip on the rising and high tide and still found only 3 feet under the boat for much of the way.

Oyster dredge returns to Atlantic City.

We did not go aground, and it is protected from the winds, but we still found it much less pleasant than going outside in the ocean. We thought it might be more interesting to go inside because we could see more but there were only a few worthwhile spots to see.

The part around Point Pleasant is very pretty. This northern part of the Jersey Shore around Manasquan is very urban and there are tree lined streets and attractive homes here.