Sea Lion Master Schedule

"SEA LION"

2010 MASTER SCHEDULE

There are several ways that you or your group can go diving aboard the Sea Lion. To secure a single spot on board you must contact the shop, club, or person who has chartered the boat; there is a contact list at the end of the schedule.

If your dive shop or group would like to charter the Sea Lion there are still a limited number of "Open Dates" available this year. To arrange to charter the SEA LION call AWD (Atlantic Wreck Diving) at (973) 887- DEEP, or E-Mail Capt. Al Pyatak at: apyatak@sprynet.com. Click on "Charter fees and policies" for pricing and requirements.

Below is the 2010 schedule, book your dates now!

DATE	CHARTER	DESTINATION	DEPTH
MARCH
Saturday 20^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 21^st	Atlantic Divers	*Vivian* Sailing ship, large wooden wreck, with massive central keel. Scattered machinery and chain with old style anchor at the west end.	80'
Friday 26^th	Beneath The Sea Visit us at the Eastern Dive Boat Association Booth
Saturday 27^th
Sunday 28^th
APRIL
Saturday 3^rd	OPEN	Delaware Clyde Lines Steamer, built 1880 in Philadelphia, sank July 9, 1898 after burning to the water line. Always produces artifacts.	75'
Sunday 4^th	OPEN	^Easter
Wednesday 7^th	OPEN	Lobsters and Fish	<100'
Saturday 10^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 11^th	OPEN	Dredge Dive	<100'
Monday 12^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 17^th	Aquatech	TBA
Sunday 18^th	Atlantic Divers	*Coffee Wreck* Small unidentified wreck, just south of the Mohawk. Good for lobsters and artifacts.	75'
Wednesday 21^st	OPEN	Available
Saturday 24^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 25^th	Lakeland	*Mohawk* Sank January 23rd, 1935 after colliding with the motor vessel Talisman. One of the best artifact dives on the coast	80'
MAY
Wednesday 5^th	OPEN	Lobsters and Fish	<100'
Saturday 8^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 9^th	Lakeland	*Brunette* Iron hull steam freighter sank 1870, 3 miles off Manasquan Inlet. The Brunette is a great artifact wreck. Sometimes called the door knob wreck	80'
Monday 10^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 15^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 16th	Atlantic Divers	*Arundo* Freighter carrying two steam locomotives, jeeps, trucks and other war material. Produced two very nice deck lights in 2009.	130'
Wednesday 19^th	Atlantic Divers	Ranger / Brass Spike The Ranger is a small steamer and the Brass Spike wreck almost always produces brass spikes by fanning the sand, hence the name.	100'
Saturday 22^nd	Aquatech	TBA
Sunday 23^rd	Lakeland	Emerald Wood hulled steamship with coal fired twin engines. Sank in 1873. Good digging wreck.	80'
Monday 24^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 29^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 30^th	OPEN	Available
Monday 31^st	OPEN	^{Memorial Day}
JUNE
Tuesday 1^st	Transit to Atlantic City The Sea Lion will be based out of Kammerman's Marina in Atlantic City this week. Digging on and exploring wrecks that are seldom visited.
Wednesday 2^nd	Atlantic Divers	Dredge Dive on the SS Huntsville 200' freighter that burned to the water line. The engine sticks up about 20 '. Gold was reported to have been recovered.	100'
Thursday 3^rd	Atlantic Divers	Almirante Also known as the flower wreck. Excellent dive offering artifacts and lobsters and very often has good vis even when surrounding wrecks don't.	65'
Friday 4^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 5^th	Lakeland	$25 Dollar Wreck This side wheel paddle wheeler from the 1800's is an unidentified mystery wreck. It wreck sits in 85 feet of water off Atlantic City.	85'
Sunday 6^th	Atlantic Divers	*Windjammer* Very special off shore trip with Gene Peterson. Leaves dock 5:00am, this rarely visited, massive teak decked windjammer with aux. steam has yet to be positively identified.	140'
Monday 7^th	Atlantic Divers	San Jose A 330' passenger freighter, part of the United Fruit Co line. It sank Jan.17, 1942, victim of a collision, and was later claimed to have been torpedoed prior to sinking.	100'
Tuesday 8^th	Transit From Atlantic City
Saturday 12^th	OPEN	TBA
Sunday 13^th	Lakeland	Morning: New Diver Special Extra hands will be on board to make your first dives into the North Atlantic an interesting, safe, and enjoyable adventure.	65'
Sunday 13^th	Lakeland	Afternoon: Single Tank Guided Dive one tank/one dive with your own professional guide to make your first Jersey dive comfortable, secure and personal. Tank and weight included.	65'
Wednesday 16^th	Atlantic Divers	*Catamount* Unidentified wreck, appears to be a prohibition era rum runner. Bottles from its' illegal cargo can still be found.	140'
Saturday 19^th	Tridents	Lobsters The North Atlantic Tridents are a "hard core" group of hunters, if you're interested in learning from some of the best bug hunters, give Brett a call	<130'
Sunday 20^th	Lakeland	*Maurice Tracy* Sank in 1944 when rammed by the liberty ship Jesse Billingsey. She was carrying a cargo of coal and now is inhabited by Blackfish and lobsters. Just forward of the pilot house are the twin boilers, side by side and very large, with open ends. / Mystery Wreck	65'
Monday 21^st	OPEN	Available
Saturday 26^th	Tridents	Lobsters	<130'
Sunday 27^th	Aquatech	TBA
Wednesday 30^th	Atlantic Divers	SS Ayurouca The "OIL WRECK" Deep wreck for experienced divers only.	180'
JULY
Saturday 3^rd	OPEN	Available
Sunday 4^th	OPEN	4th of July Special
Saturday 10^th	Tridents	*Lobsters* Taug, Sea Bass and Scallops can all be on the menu	<130'
Sunday 11^th	Metuchen Underwater	TBA
Monday 12^th	OPEN	Available
Wednesday 14^th	Atlantic Divers	*Benson Schooner* A sailing ship on a sandy bottom. Good lobster dive.	120'
Saturday 17^th	Tridents	*Lobsters* Tridents have been terrorizing sea life since 1968	<130'
Sunday 18^th	Atlantic Divers	*Stolt* This massive tanker was cut in half by the luxury liner Shalom on November 26th, 1964. The stern section has begun to deteriorate but still looms nearly 60' off the white sand bottom. Artifacts are still being recovered.	130'
Monday 19^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 24^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 25^th	Lakeland	*Gulf Trade* Stern The back half of a 430' tanker sitting in 90'. Torpedoed by the U-588, March 10, 1942. Great dive for lobsters.	90'
Tuesday 27^th	Transit to Atlantic City The Sea Lion will be based at Kammerman's Marina in Atlantic City again this week. Returning to some of the wrecks we visited in June and exploring some others that are seldom visited.
Wednesday 28^th	Atlantic Divers	In Shore Paddle Wheeler This wreck appears to be the remains of a side wheel steamer from the 1800's. It is covered with pink entrusting coral making her one of the prettiest wrecks in the area.	110'
Thursday 29^th	Atlantic Divers	Mason's Paddle Wheeler 11 miles off Atlantic City, known locally as the $25 wreck. A late 1800's paddle wheeler that has been dove since the 1970's	85'
Friday 30^th	OPEN	DREDGE
Saturday 31^st	Lakeland	San Jose 330' freighter, sank Jan.17, 1942, victim of a collision and claimed it was later torpedoed prior to sinking.	100'
AUGUST
Sunday 1^st	Atlantic Divers	*Shark City / SS Huntsville* Departure time 6:30am . The Huntsville is the sister ship of the Montgomery, sunk in 1877. The Shark City was a hopper barge, fish and lobster dive.	120' - 90'
Monday 2^nd	Atlantic Divers	**Windjammer / Red Bricks Schooner** The remains of the "Red Brick" Schooner produce Dead eyes and lobsters strewn throughout the bricks. Departure time 6:00am.	140' - 90'
Tuesday 3^rd	Transit From Atlantic City
Saturday 7^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 8^th	Lakeland	Morning: New Diver Special Extra hands will be on board to make your first dives into the North Atlantic an interesting, safe, and enjoyable adventure.	65'
Sunday 8^th	Lakeland	Afternoon: Single Tank Guided Dive one tank/one dive with your own professional guide to make your first Jersey dive comfortable, secure and personal. Tank and weight included.	65'
Wednesday 11^th	Atlantic Divers	Arundo Sank by the U-136 the Arundo was carrying supplies for the troops in North Africa, among them, over 5000 cases of Canadian beer in 1 quart bottles and two large steam locomotives.	130'
Saturday 14^th	Aquatech	TBA
Sunday 15^th	Lakeland	Pinta Sank in 1963 when hit broadside by British freighter SS City of Perth. Her cargo holds are open exposing her cargo of lumber. This pile of boards is now a favorite area for divers to search for lobsters. Several brass gauges came up in 07.	90'
Monday 16^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 21^st	OPEN	Available
Sunday 22^nd	Lakeland	Morning: New Diver Special Extra hands will be on board to make your first dives into the North Atlantic an interesting, safe, and enjoyable adventure.	65'
Sunday 22^nd	Lakeland	Afternoon: Single Tank Guided Dive one tank/one dive with your own professional guide to make your first Jersey dive comfortable, secure and personal. Tank and weight included.	65'
Wednesday 25^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 28^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 29th	Metuchen Underwater	TBD
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 4^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 5^th	OPEN	Available
Monday 6^th		Labor Day
Wednesday 8^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 11^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 12^th	Lakeland	Arundo Sank by the U-136 the Arundo was carrying supplies for the troops in North Africa, among them, over 5000 cases of beer in 1 quart bottles and two large steam locomotives.	130'
Monday 13^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 18^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 19^th	Atlantic Divers	Across Two years ago it was confirmed that this was at least two wrecks lying across each other, one a large wooden hull steam powered ship and the other a smaller sailing vessel.	150'
Wednesday 22^nd	OPEN	Available
Saturday 25^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 26^th	Lakeland	Morning: New Diver Special Extra hands will be on board to make your first dives into the North Atlantic an interesting, safe, and enjoyable adventure.	65'
Sunday 26^th	Lakeland	Afternoon: Single Tank Guided Dive one tank/one dive with your own professional guide to make your first Jersey dive comfortable, secure and personal. Tank and weight included.	65'
Monday 27^th	OPEN	Available
OCTOBER
Saturday 2^nd	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 3^rd	Lakeland	*Stolt Dagali* This wrecks name is actually the Dagali, operated by the Stolt line tankers, however always referred to as the Stolt. A massive tanker that was cut in half by the luxury liner Shalom on November 26th, 1964.	70-130'
Wednesday 6^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 9^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 10th	Lakeland	Cindy's Choice Last year, Cindy from Lakeland Divers, celebrated her birthday at the Cassoon and the Duncan. Sign up and see where Cindy wants to celebrate this year!	<130'
Monday 11^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 16^th	Tridents	*Lobsters*	<130'
Sunday 17^th	Atlantic Divers	Vivian / Emerald Vivian, a sailing ship, large wooden wreck, with massive central keel. Emerald, a wooden hull, steam powered cargo vessel still producing artifacts from the 1800's.	80'
Wednesday 20^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 23^rd	Aquatech	TBA
Sunday 24^th	Lakeland	*Tolten* A neutral vessel whose sinking precipitated riots in Rio de Janeiro. The wreck is fun to explore because of its many niches. Lobsters and fish are abundant. Visibility is usually good to excellent.	90'
Monday 25^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 30^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 31^st	OPEN	Halloween
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 3^rd	OPEN	Available
Saturday 6^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 7^th	OPEN	Available
Monday 8^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 13^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 14^th	OPEN	Available
Wednesday 17^th	OPEN	Available
Saturday 20^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 21^st	OPEN	Available
Thursday 25^th	AWD	*(Thanksgiving Invitational)*	80'
Saturday 27^th	OPEN	Available
Sunday 28^th	OPEN	Available

Destinations are subject to change due to weather. Dive cancellations based on weather will occur
no earlier that 6:00 PM of the day prior to the dive.
Information on the status of a dive can be obtained either from the charterer (contact numbers listed below)
or by calling (973) 887-3337.

All dates not indicating a charter are OPEN

Contact List

Lakeland Divers	(973) 887-0194
Atlantic Divers	(609) 641-7722
North Atlantic Tridents	(973) 876-5896
Aquatech	(856) 482-1996
Metuchen Underwater	(908) 513-6086
AWD	(973) 887-3337

For all AVAILABLE dates, contact Captain Al Pyatak directly at (973) 887-3337.