New Jersey Artificial Reefs
Susan Rose Sunk in February
The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:
If you would like to visit this or any other of New Jersey's new unpublished reefs, contact New Jersey Artificial Reef Coordinator Peter Clarke at Mad Hatter Charters in Neptune City.
New Jersey Artificial Reef Charts
- Atlantic City Reef ...
- Axel Carlson Reef ...
- Barnegat Light Reef ...
- Cape May Reef ...
- Deepwater Reef ...
- Delaware Bay Reef
- Garden State N Reef ...
- Garden State S Reef ...
- Great Egg Reef ...
- Little Egg Reef ...
- Manasquan Reef ...
- Ocean City Reef ...
- Sandy Hook Reef ...
- Sea Girt Reef ...
- Shark River Reef ...
- Townsend's Inlet Reef ...
- Wildwood Reef ...
New Jersey's Artificial Reef Program is headquartered at Nacote Creek, Port Republic (see chart above.) There they have offices, labs, dockage, and dedicated research vessels including the 42-foot Zephyrus, above. The program not only constructed artificial reefs for the benefit of both the environment and the public, but also conducted scientific research like this landmark study published in 2003:
- Marine Life Colonization of Experimental Reef Habitat (2003)
- Artificial Reef Program | Chart | List | Videos | Contact
Sinking the ‘Captain Bart’
New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites
- AC Wescoat
- AC Wescoat 2
- Ada Adelia
- AH Dumont
- AJ McAllister YNT-12
- Alan Martin
- American
- Antares
- APL-31
- Aqua II
- Army Tanks
- Austin
- Barbara Ann
- barge etc
- Bay Jack
- Bay King
- Beach Haven
- Becky Lee
- Big Mama
- Billy D ST-842
- Blue Crown
- Boston Lightship WLV-189
- Brightliner Subway Cars
- Brooklyn DPC-15
- caisson
- caisson
- caisson
- Cape Straight WPB-95308
- Captain Bart
- Captain Bill
- Captain Etzel
- Captain Henry LCM-6
- car float barge
- Carlson II
- Carol Moran
- Carrabassett
- Carter's Creek
- Caterina.D
- Cecilia J Brown DPC-42
- Choctaw
- Cinderella
- Coleman barges
- Coleman I
- Coleman II
- Colleen
- concrete
- concrete
- Coney Island
- Cranford
- Diver's Abyss YTM-?
- Dorothy
- drydock
- DVD Barge
- Dykes
- Ed Schmidiger YON-81
- Elizabeth
- Fallen Friends
- Fatuk
- First Lady
- Fisherman
- Fishermans Dream
- Francis Bushey
- Gary Smith
- Georgia
- Georgia Moran
- Golden Eagle
- Good Ship Lollipop
- Good Times
- Ha Long Bay
- Hail Mary II
- Harbor Charlie RTC-1
- Heavy Metal
- Helis
- Heritage Hull
- Hillman III
- Holgate I
- Horseshoe Crab
- Horseshoe Wrecks
- Houston & Mesday
- Howard Bahnsen
- Jerry
- Jessie C
- Jet Trader
- Jill Adventure
- Jim Lynch
- Johnny Buoy BUSL
- Kathy & Maria
- Kiley B
- King's Point
- Lady Dee
- Laita
- Lewis F Boyer
- Libra
- Lisa Kim
- Lisa Michelle
- Maelstrom
- Mako Mania
- Mantank
- Margaret Nancy
- Mary C
- Matt Turecamo DPC-14
- McGinty
- Megan Sue
- Michael DePalma
- Miller
- Miss Beth
- Miss Doxsee
- Molasses barge
- Morania 180
- Morania Abaco
- Mount Sinai
- MRMTC 8
- MRMTC 9
- New England Coast
- Nils S
- Ocean Cat
- Ohio
- Onondaga
- OWD III YON-84
- OWD4
- Pair of Kings
- PATH subway cars
- Patrick McHugh
- Pauline Marie FS-???
- Peggy Diana LCM-6
- Point Swift WPB-82312
- Queen Mary
- railroad barge
- Ranger
- Red Oak
- Redbird Subway Cars
- Response 1
- Restorer
- Rock & Rubble
- Rock Ridges
- Rockland County
- Ronde Joyce II
- Rothenbach I
- Rothenbach II YON-96
- salt barge
- Sam Berman
- Sea Transporter YF-879
- Shamrock
- Shirley Ann
- Smoke II
- Snug Harbor
- Southwick's
- Spaghetti Pile
- Spartan
- Starcraft
- Steven McAllister
- Storm
- Strathmere barges
- Sulzer barge
- Susan Rose
- Swensen barge
- Swenson I & II
- Tanks
- The Rhino
- Tibor
- Tobacco Pointe
- Towboat #9
- Troy
- Tuna Sub
- USS Algol
- V.L. Keegan YO-166
- VHFC / OWD I
- Vicki-Pat
- Vincent Tibbetts AOG-33
- Vinik Huntress
- Wagner's Point
- Waldorf
- Wedding barge
- Weeks barge
- Winthrop
- Wyoming
- YOGN-8
This site on the Shark River Artificial Reef consists of two long ridges of seven huge rock piles each, with one long valley east-west between them. Between piles, there are smaller valleys. Each ridge contains approximately two million tons ( or one million cubic yards ) of granite, blasted and dredged from the bottom of New York harbor between September 2002 and September 2003. Peak depths range from 85 to 105 ft, bottom depth is 130 ft. In addition, 15 Redbird subway cars were deposited on or near one of the piles. A single similar rockpile is located in shallower water on the Axel Carlson Reef.
More: Rock Ridges ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1944, Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 86 x 24 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund
- Sunk:
- Monday August 16, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°52.950' -74°40.200'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
More: Cecilia J Brown DPC-42 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1979, Gulf Coast Marine Builders, Bayou La Batre AL as Scott & Mike
- Specs:
- ( 87 ft ) 135 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 27, 2017 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°04.980' -73°59.410'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Mount Sinai ...
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Susan Rose Sunk in February
The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:
If you would like to visit this or any other of New Jersey's new unpublished reefs, contact New Jersey Artificial Reef Coordinator Peter Clarke at Mad Hatter Charters in Neptune City.
The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.
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