New Jersey Scuba Diving

Cape May Artificial Reef

Cape May Artificial Reef

8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May, 5.34 sq miles
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]

Cape May Artificial Reef

Cape May reef also contains large numbers of tire units and Army tanks (not shown) concentrated in the center area that appears here to be empty. This reef also received 50 redbird subways cars, which are not plotted. The Onondaga drifted slightly out of the reef boundaries, and the state does not list it, but it is there.

Georgia

Type:: sport boat
Specs:: ( 35 ft )
Sponsor:: Elmer Dowd; Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Saturday Oct 23, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.700' -74°42.900'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Cape Straight WPB-95308

Cape Straight WPB-95308 reef — A "Cape"-class cutter at speed

Type:: artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
Built:: 1953, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD USA
Specs:: ( 95 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: USCG, New Jersey State Police
Sunk:: Thursday September 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.060' -74°42.125'
Depth:: 65 ft

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King's Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville LA USA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Sunk:: Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Evelyn Doris

Type:: artificial reef, towboat, USA
Built:: 1957, Vicksburg Marine Ways, Vicksburg MS USA, as Ernest Mack
Specs:: ( 64 x 23 ft ) 92 gross tons
Sponsor:: Dick Herb, Cape May County Charter Boat Association, Sport Fishing Fund
Sunk:: July 30?, 2025 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°50.544' -74°42.479'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Captain Henry LCM-6

Captain Henry reef — "Captain Henry" - the bow ramp appears to have been welded up

Type:: artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized) used as buoy tender
Built:: 1943 New Orleans LA USA
Specs:: ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
Sponsor:: Bureau of Coastal Engineering, Fish America &
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Sunday May 6, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.200' -74°42.280'

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Lisa Michelle

Lisa Michelle reef

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: McNeil's Marina, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Wednesday August 8, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°53.505' -74°40.075'

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Blue Shark

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

Size:
to 11 ft,
reportedly to 21ft

Habitat:
open ocean

Notes:
dangerous

A fast-swimming oceanic shark, these are colored vivid blue in life, but quickly fade to gray in death. The Blue shark is described as a persistent and dangerous stalker and is often found in great numbers. This is the shark most likely seen in caged shark dives off Rhode Island and is probably the commonest shark in our offshore waters during the summer months. Other identifying features of the Blue shark are the extremely long pectoral fins and relatively slim body ( compared to those below ) with very unequal upper and lower tail lobes.

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