but in addition to the part of the jetty which is submerged on the Northern side, there is also a submerged jetty on the Southern side of
the entrance running from the end of the breakwater about 280 degress magnetic to the shore. It's hard to understand how this happened
at either location. Both are clearly marked on the chart. If you hit the one to the North, then you'd most likely have been trying to cut
the corner. If you hit the one to the South, then why were you so close to shore in there?

The channel is pretty wide but the navigable area is less than what it appears to be on the chart. Excercise caution when entering! Local
knowledge is helpful (I called up the local Sea Tow on my cell to ask about the depths in the entrance). Also, as you are entering you have
to make a hard turn to port by the lighthouse and there the channel is very narrow and the water can churn up quite easily.

Like a lot of places, it can be a challenge if you've never been there before. If your draft isn't too great, it makes a nice stop *under the
right circumstances*. You should plan on going in with the flood and exiting with the ebb. In a wind against tide situation, it can get
pretty nasty. I ended up having to wait a few days before I felt the conditions were right for the trip up to Atlantic Highlands (in Sandy
Hook). Hardly a terrible thing - Barnegat Light is quite attractive and there are lots of things to see ashore.

Jerry