Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Boy Scout Reef
- car float
- Carlson II
- Cinderella
- Cranford
- drydock
- DVD Barge
- Dykes
- Captain Etzel
- Fisherman Barge
- Golden Eagle
- Horseshoe Wrecks
- Kiley B
- Lewis F Boyer (Travis)
- Liberty Barge 1
- Liberty Barge 2
- Liberty Barge 3
- Liberty Barge 4
- Manasquan Inlet
- Marion
- Matt Turecamo
- Morania 180
- OWD IV
- PATH subway cars
- Railroad barge
- Response
- Restorer
- Rockland County
- Ronde Joyce
- Shark River Inlet
- Smoke II
- Spartan
- Swenson I
- Swenson II
- army tanks
- Wedding Barge
3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt, 1.33 sq miles
Depth: 60-75 ft [download]
The Sea Girt reef is located atop an underwater ridge known as the "Klondike". This is an area of clean sandy bottom and usually has relatively good visibility. Fish life abounds on all sites in this reef, although lobstering is slim. There are many more Army tanks than shown here, as well as quite a bit of concrete rubble scattered throughout the reef. The Sea Girt Reef is one of the oldest artificial reef sites in New Jersey. Reef-building activities at this site date back to 1937. Minimum clearance at mean low water is 50 feet.
If you look at the state's official record, linked above, the four older sites that are outside the official reef boundaries are not listed.
- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker barge
- Specs:
- ( 242 x 42 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company, Sportfish Fund
- Sunk:
- Thursday August 7, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.930' -73°55.942'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, towboat
- Built:
- 1960, Dravo, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 105 x 24 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company
- Sunk:
- Friday February 14, 1986 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.942' -73°55.879'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, car float barge, USA
- Specs:
- ( 330 x 40 ft ) cut into pieces
- Sponsor:
- NJDOT / NJDEP
- Sunk:
- Nov 2025 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.793' -73°56.824'
40°07.832' -73°56.546'
40°07.859' -73°56.515'
40°07.952' -73°56.413' - Depth:
- 65 ft
The 330-foot car float barge Liberty was removed from the Hudson River in sections to clear space for a new ferry terminal at Liberty State Park. Since 2005, Liberty was used at the park as a floating dock for ferries transiting to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. It sank in a storm in 2020.
More: Liberty Barge ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft )
- Sponsor:
- East Coast Tender Services
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.135' -73°56.919'
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- Type:
- various types of Army tanks and other vehicles, 15 in all
- Sponsor:
- Friends of Clifford Lipke, NJ National Guard
- Sunk:
- 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.608' -73°56.650'
More: Tanks / Clifford Lipke Reef ...
The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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