| Date | Name | Size | Location | |
| Feb 1979 | Drydock | barge | 100' | NJ Sea Girt * |
| 1977 | Railroad | barge | 200' | NJ Sea Girt * |
| Jun 1973 | Carlson II | trawler | 70' | NJ Sea Girt * |
| Fran S | tugboat | 84' | NY Atlantic Beach |
* Predates current NJ Artificial Reef Program
The inshore wrecks are sometimes surrounded by the empty shells of Surf Clams Spisula solidissima, right, to 7" across. Large numbers of the white shells also wash up on beaches. Surf Clams are found subtidally down to 100 feet ( which makes you wonder why they are called surf clams. )
Tiny angel wing-shaped Coquina clams Donax variabilis less than 1 inch long do live in the surf, on wave-tossed sandy beaches.
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