the south tower, is flashing white of high power (light 0.3 second, eclipse 4.7 seconds), 246 feet (75 m.) above the water, and visible 22 miles. In case of accidental extinguishment of the flashing light, a fixed white light will be shown from the north tower.

There is practically a continuous line of summer resorts along the coast from Navesink Highlands southward to Bayhead. The following are the names of the most important, with their distances southward of Navesink Lighthouse: Seabright, 2 miles; Long Branch, 6 miles; Asbury Park, 1011⁄2 miles; Ocean Grove, 11 miles; Bradley Beach, 12 miles; Belmar (south side of Shark River Inlet), 13 miles; Spring Lake, 15 miles; Sea Girt, 16 miles; Manasquan, 17 miles; Point Pleasant, 19 miles; and Bayhead, 20 miles. Long Branch and Asbury Park are most conspicuous on account of the greater number of large buildings.

An electric advertising sign, visible 18 miles in clear weather, is shown from the top of a building in Asbury Park. This sign has two sides and is so placed that the end points a little south of east. When viewed from the end the light shows occulting white (light 10 seconds, eclipse 1 second). When seen from either side it shows light 10 seconds, eclipse 11 seconds. Mariners should be careful not to confuse this sign with any of the seacoast navigational lights. Manasquan is marked by twin water tanks about 1 mile southwest of Sea Girt Lighthouse; Point Pleasant by a standpipe, and Bayhead by a water tank with a conical top and bottom.

Shrewsbury Rocks, 31⁄2 miles southward of Navesink Lighthouse, extend 114 miles from shore, have a least depth of 15 feet (4.5 m.), and are marked at the eastern end by a black can buoy and by a gas and bell buoy 8 mile farther eastward. From Shrewsbury Rocks southward to within 4 miles of Barnegat Inlet the coast is clear, and the 5-fathom (9.1 m.) curve lies nowhere more than 34 mile from shore.

Shark River Inlet, 17 miles southward from Sandy Hook, has been improved by the State of New Jersey by the construction of retaining walls on both sides of the entrance and a stone breakwater jetty 500 feet long on the north side to protect the entrance. On the south side a similar jetty 500 feet long has been constructed by the State in conjunction with the municipality. There is very little water on the bar, and except in smooth weather breakers extend across the entrance. A highway drawbridge crosses the inlet just inside the entrance, and there are two fixed bridges 34 mile from the entrance, with headroom of from 4 to 5 feet and a depth of about 3 feet (0.9 m.) in the channel at high water. Between the first two bridges the river is bulkheaded on the south side with a launch basin midway. Most of the area is bare, or nearly so, at low water, with a crooked channel sometimes marked by stakes. The river is frequented by small local yachts and fishing boats of about 2-foot (0.6 m.) draft. Gasoline and provisions can be obtained. The entrance should not be attempted without local knowledge.

Sea Girt Inlet, just northward of Sea Girt Lighthouse, is closed at low water, and is only occasionally used at high water and with a smooth sea by small fishing boats of 2 feet (0.6 m.) draft.

Sea Girt Lighthouse, 16 miles south-southwestward of Navesink Lighthouse, is a square brick tower in front of a dwelling. The light is flashing white.

Manasquan Inlet, 22 miles southward from Sandy Hook, is now closed. There is an inland waterway from Manasquan River southward to Cape May Harbor, good for a draft of 6 feet (1.8 m.) by taking advantage of the tide at the shoal places. It is entered from seaward through a number of inlets with shifting entrances, in most cases marked by buoys. The inlets and interior waters give access to a large number of summer resorts along the beach and many villages on the mainland. They are used by many pleasure boats and boats engaged in the oyster and clam industry and inside and outside fishing. There is considerable passenger and general freight business between points inside, but little coasting trade. The waterway is fully described in Inside Route Pilot, Coast of New Jersey, published by this bureau, price 30 cents.

The beaches separating the inside waters from the ocean are low, and the summer resorts are more widely separated than those northward. For vessels bound southward along the coast the first landmark southward of Bayhead is the town of Mantoloking, a large group of houses with a water tank showing only a little above the buildings. Southward of this are Chadwick and Lavallette, small groups of houses without prominent marks, and a hotel at Ortley. About 1 mile southward of Ortley is Seaside Heights, a town with a tank at the north end, and 12 miles farther south is Seaside Park, marked by a black water tank and low brick chimney.

There is a small group of houses around Island Beach Coast Guard Station, 114 miles southward of Seaside Park, and from there to Barnegat Inlet, a distance of about 71⁄2 miles, the only marks are the Coast Guard stations.

Barnegat Lighthouse, the most prominent mark in the vicinity of Barnegat Inlet, is a conical tower, lower half white, upper half red. The light is flashing white (flash 2.5 seconds, eclipse 7.5 seconds), 175 feet (53 m.) above the water, and visible 19 miles.

Barnegat Inlet is marked on the south side by Barnegat Lighthouse. The deepest draft taken across the bar is about 7 feet (2.1 m.) at high water. The channel is marked by perpendicularly striped buoys which are intervisible, but is subject to change both in depth and position, and the buoys can not always be depended upon to mark the best water. Strangers usually take a pilot, either picking up a fisherman outside or setting a signal and waiting for one from Barnegat City. With a smooth sea it is usually safe for boats of 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m.) draft to enter by following the buoys. In the summer of 1929 there was a depth at mean low water of 6 feet (1.8 m.) across the bar.

Barnegat Inlet has been moving slowly southward for many years. The channel changes so rapidly that directions are impossible. Inside the inlet the channels are more stable, and there is good anchorage in the channel westward of the lighthouse. From the inlet the principal inside channel, which is buoyed and has a least depth of about 7 feet (2.1 m.), leads westward and northward, as shown on the chart, until westward of Sedge Island, and then through Oyster Creek Channel. Local boats bound to Barnegat or southward usually leave the buoyed channel about midway between Clam and Sedge Islands and follow the slough westward and southwestward

toward the mouth of Double Creek. It is marked by bush stakes, but strangers should not attempt to run it. There are no channels from the inlet southward between the islands except for small boats at high water.

Barnegat City, the terminus of the railroad on the south side of the inlet, is a summer resort with a permanent settlement of oystermen and fishermen. A privately dredged channel leads from the main channel southward to the landings on the inner beach just inside the point.

Lying 4 miles southwestward of Barnegat Lighthouse is Highpoint, marked by a green water tank, and 1 mile farther south is Harvey Cedars, a small settlement without prominent marks. Two miles below it is Surf City, marked by a red water tank on a steel tower.

Southwestward of Surf City are several small settlements with water tanks, and 14 miles southwestward of Barnegat Lighthouse is Beachhaven, a large town marked by two black water tanks. There is a small group of houses around Bond Coast Guard Station, 112 miles southwestward of Beachhaven, and another group at Tucker Beach, 211⁄2 miles farther southwestward.

Beachhaven Inlet has broken through the beach 3 miles southward of Beachhaven. It has two narrow, unmarked, winding channels with a controlling depth of about 7 feet (2.1 m.), and should not be mistaken for Little Egg Inlet or attempted by a stranger.

There is broken ground along the shore and a charted wreck between Barnegat and Little Egg Inlets, and vessels should give this area a berth of 3 miles or more to insure a depth of 30 feet (9.1 m.). Little Egg Inlet, 2 miles southward from Tucker Beach, is used by fish steamers and many smaller schooners and motor boats. The shore and channels at the inlet are subject to rapid change, both in location and depths. The depth on the bar usually is ample for boats that can use the inland waterway, and in 1929 was reported to be 10 feet (3 m.) at mean low water. The inlet is marked by perpendicular striped buoys, which are intervisible until inside the inlet, and a gas sea buoy. There are no regular pilots, but strangers usually can pick up a fisherman outside to act as a pilot, or can set signal and wait for one from the Coast Guard station. Breakers form all the way across the entrance only in very heavy weather.

From Little Egg Inlet to Absecon Inlet, a distance of 8 miles, there are no marks except the Coast Guard stations and scattered groups of houses. Broken ground extends nearly 5 miles offshore and is marked at its eastern end by Brigantine Shoal gas and whistling buoy, which lies 8 miles eastward of Absecon Lighthouse and 5 miles from shore. There is a black can buoy about 3 miles westward of the gas buoy, marking the outer end of the 18-foot (5.5 m.) depth on the shoal.

Brigantine Inlet is 7 miles northeastward of Absecon Lighthouse and 4 miles southwestward of Tucker Beach. It is nearly bare at extreme low water and has 5 or 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m.) at high water. It is not buoyed, and the only boats using it are small oyster and fishing boats, and then only with a smooth sea and on a rising tide. Strangers should not attempt to enter. The Coast Guard stations

are the only marks. The several thoroughfares leading from Brigantine Inlet are shoal at their western ends and can only be navi. gated by small boats at high water. Strangers should not enter them.

Absecon Inlet is marked on the south side by Absecon Lighthouse (yellow and black tower, fixed white light) and Atlantic City. A gas buoy marks the seaward entrance, and can and nun buoys mark the channel as far as the north point of Atlantic City. In the summer of 1929 there was a depth at mean low water of 9 feet (2.7 m.) across the bar. The channel is subject to change, but the buoys are usually maintained in the best water. The shore on the south side of the inlet is protected from extensive change by artificial means.

Most of the business through Absecon Inlet is to Atlantic City, but there are some boats running to the town of Absecon and to points north and south on the line of the inland waterway. A transportation line from Atlantic City to New York is operated at times. Strangers, unless of light draft, usually take a pilot, either picking up a fisherman outside or signaling for a pilot from shore. If of not more than 6 or 7 feet (1.8 to 2.1 m.) draft, they can enter with a smooth sea and on a rising tide by following the buoys, keeping well away from rough water. Breakers extend across the inlet in heavy weather.

Atlantic City is the largest resort on the Atlantic coast and is frequented by many boats, both from outside and from points along the interior waterways. It has several railroad connections with the mainland, an electric road connecting it with Pleasantville, Somers Point, and Ocean City, and along the beach southward to Longport, where boat connections can be made to Ocean City and points southward.

The casino at the north end of Atlantic City has a long wharf westward of it, with a depth of 12 to 15 feet (3.6 to 4.5 m.), inside of which is a small basin with a depth of 2 to 4 feet (0.6 to 1.2 m.), which is used only by fishing boats kept for hire.

Gardner Basin, a bulkheaded basin nearly 121⁄2 mile long and 60 vards wide, has its entrance 500 yards westward of the casino. It has a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m.) in mid-channel to the head and is used by many motor boats. All boats make fast to the bulkheads, for which a small wharfage charge is made. All kinds of supplies are obtainable, and there are railways and machine shops.

Another large basin lies just west of Gardner Basin. On it is a large plant of an oil company, where fuel oils and gasoline may be obtained in large quantities.

There are a standpipe and chimney of same height close together at Ventnor, 312 miles southwestward of Absecon Lighthouse, a standpipe at South Atlantic City, and a standpipe at Longport, on the north side of Great Egg Inlet.

Longport is a summer resort on the north side of Great Egg Inlet. It is connected with Ocean City in summer by launches and with Atlantic City by an electric railway along the beach. On account of shoaling at the south end of Broad Thorofare, boats bound from Longport to Ocean City must cross the entrance to Great Egg Inlet.

Great Egg Inlet, 71⁄2 miles southwestward of Absecon Lighthouse, had a depth in 1929 of 5 feet (1.5 m.) at mean low water across the bar is a buoyed channel.. It is used by many yachts of 4 to 5 foot (1.2 to 1.5 m.) draft and local fishing and pleasure boats.

The shore line on the south side and the position of the channel are fairly stable, and the buoys usually mark the best water. Strangers of 4 or 5 foot (1.2 to 1.5 m.) draft do not usually take a pilot in smooth weather but follow the buoys, preferably on a rising tide, being also guided by the appearance of the water. Pilots may usually be had from fishing boats outside or from Ocean City in answer to signal. Breakers extend across the inlet in moderately heavy weather. In winter it is used only by a few fishermen and is often rendered dangerous by floating ice.

The prominent landmarks in approaching Great Egg Inlet are: A black standpipe with white top and two iron chimneys close to it, showing over the buildings of Ocean City, 12 miles southwestward of the inlet, and a black water tank on a steel tower at Longport, on the north side.

Ocean City, a large summer resort on the south side of Great Egg Inlet, has railroad and electric road connections with the mainland and southward along the beach to Corson Inlet. The wharves are on the northwest side, 12 to 1/2 miles southwestward of the inlet, and have depths of 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.6 m.) at the ends. There are two launch basins.

Corson Inlet, 6 miles southwestward of Ocean City, had a depth across the bar in 1923 of about 4 feet (1.2 m.). It is buoyed but is only used by a few local fishing and pleasure boats up to 4 or 5 foot (1.2 to 1.5 m.) draft. The appearance of the water is the best guide, but the channel is subject to rapid change and is not recommended for a stranger.

Peck Beach is a small group of houses, without prominent marks, about 1 mile northward of Corson Inlet. It can only be reached by small boats at high water from westward.

Corson Inlet (Strathmere P. O.) is a village and railroad station on the south side of Corson Inlet. A red water tank is prominent. The channel from Corson Inlet northward into Main Thorofare is bare at low water and is crossed by two bridges. It is seldom used. The main channel leads southwestward through three drawbridges at Strathmere, then southward of a marshy island and close along the south shore to the east side of Beach Thorofare; it then leads north-northwestward for the south point of the marsh and follows it to Ben Hands and Upper Thorofare. A draft of about 5 feet (1.5 m.) can be carried from inside the inlet to this point.

Sea Isle City is a summer resort on the beach about midway between Corson and Townsend Inlets. The most prominent marks are a slender standpipe, a gray brick stack 1/4 mile southward of it, and two church spires farther south. Ludlam Beach Lighthouse, (flashing white), visible 12 miles, near the north end of the town, is not prominent by day.

There is a shoal with a depth of 15 feet (4.5 m.) marked by a horizontally striped gas buoy about 4 miles southeastward of Ludlam Beach Lighthouse. Broken ground, with a least depth of 4 fathoms (7.3 m.) extends about 211⁄2 miles east-northeastward from the buoy. There is deeper water inside these shoals, but, on account of the