New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, barge

Built:

1961, Beaumont TX USA

Specs:

( 230 ft )

Sponsor:

Morania Oil Company

Sunk:

Monday June 6, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef

GPS:

40°06.301' -73°57.424'

Depth:

75 ft

This is a very big flat-topped tanker barge. The stern is the most interesting area, with a small platform and myriad big pipes and valves, and a big notch in the transom where the tugboat would go. Good spearfishing in this area as well. The bow of the barge is less interesting. A number of open hatches in the deck at 65 ft allow access to the interior, which is very dark.