| Chart Name: | LITTLE EGG INLET TO HEREFORD INL |
| Scale: | 1:80000 |
| Size: | 36" x 48" |
| Edition #: | 44 |
| Edition Date: | 12/01/06 | (NM 11/22/08) | (LNM 11/18/08) |
| Last Update: | 05/17/08 |
| Description: | Little Egg Inlet (39°29.0'N., 74°17.5'W.), 19 miles south-southwestward of Barnegat Inlet and close southward of Beach Haven Inlet, is used considerably by local pleasure and fishing boats. Depth over the bar is ample for any vessel that can navigate the inside waters,but in very heavy weather breakers form all the way across the bar. The inlet channels and shoreline are constantly changing; the entrance is well marked, but the buoys are not charted because they are frequently shifted in position.
Hereford Inlet, 28 miles southwest of Absecon Inlet,is subject to rapid change. Breakers form at all times on the shoals and in moderate weather on the bar. The approach to the inlet is extremely dangerous with a following sea. The mean range of tide is 4.1 feet in Hereford Inlet. The depth over the bar is about 4 feet, but passage should not be attempted without local knowledge. A lighted bell buoy marks the approach to the inlet.
Absecon Inlet, 8.7 miles southwestward of Little Egg Inlet, is on the northeast side of Atlantic City, the largest resort on the New Jersey coast. The inlet is protected
at the entrance by jetties; a revetment extends along the Atlantic City side of the inlet. Small-craft facilities are available at a hotel marina on the southwest side of the inlet. |
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| NM = Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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