New Jersey Scuba Diving

Bay Tide

Delaware Artificial Reef #11

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1958, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Delaware Artificial Reef #11

Built in 1958, by Gulfport Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, Texas ( hull #525 ) as the Margaret C. for the A.L. Mechling Barge Lines of Joliet, Illinois. In 1978, the tug was acquired by the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed Jason Smith. In 2000, she was acquired by Robbins Maritime Incorporated of Norfolk, Virginia, where she was renamed Bay Tide. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,800 horsepower.

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Delaware Artificial Reef #11

Delaware Artificial Reef #11

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Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

15.5 Nautical Miles from Indian River Inlet, 1.52 sq miles
Depth: 70-90 ft

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Daily Weather Patterns

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In a coastal area like New Jersey, the dominant winds are created by differential warming of the land and sea by the sun. Air warms over the hotter land and rises, and cool air from over the sea sweeps in underneath to replace it. These on-shore winds build over the course of the day, and so the waves they induce also build over the course of the day, then die down overnight.

I have found that the best diving conditions in New Jersey are either early morning or night. This is when the daily cycle of wave heights is at its lowest. Fortunately, the time restrictions on the inlets and beaches usually coincide with this.

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