New Jersey Scuba Diving

Good Times

Good Times reef — Making history - the Good Times was the first vessel sunk by the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife's (then) new Artificial Reef Program.

Type:: artificial reef, charter boat
Specs:: ( 52 x 14 ft )
Sunk:: Wednesday August 15, 1984 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: gone (LORAN 26873.0 43192.5 = 39.61944° -74.01639° (1989)
Depth:: 80 ft

The engine was removed and the wooden hull was filled with concrete and tire units. The Good Times broke apart after only a few weeks on the bottom and is now completely disintegrated. The program has had enormous successes since this first small beginning.

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Garden State North Artificial Reef

Garden State North Artificial Reef

6.5 Nautical Miles off Harvey Cedars, 1.50 sq miles
Depth: 65-85 ft [download]

Good Times and Queen Mary are plotted from 1989 LORAN numbers. Although the TDs are slightly different, the resulting conversions are identical. It doesn't matter, neither one is still there.

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Sargassum Fish

Sargassum Fish

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Size: to 6"

Habitat: wherever the current takes them

Notes: Sargassum fishes are found in drifting clumps of Sargassum weed. They are certainly one of the most bizarre fishes you may encounter. Their closest relatives are deep-sea anglerfishes and the local Goosefish. The paired fins are used exactly like arms and legs, and the Sargassum fish is a clumsy and reluctant swimmer. In fact, the pectoral (arm) fins can be folded over below the elbow, giving the fish an opposable grasp much like our own hands!

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