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
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- Matt Turecamo
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- OWD IV
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- 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, barge, US Navy
- Built:
- 1968, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, as YC-1504
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 32 ft )
- Sponsor:
- US Navy, Clark's Landing Marina
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 6, 1994 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.910' -73°56.168'
More: Captain Etzel ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1922, Oscar Daniels, Tampa FL, as Lorraine D
- Name:
- named ( now ) for Travis Nagiewicz, Capt. Steve's son.
- Specs:
- ( 95 x 20 ft ) 125 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Captains Steve Nagiewicz & Dan Crowell
- Sunk:
- Wednesday October 31, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°08.179' -73°55.824'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Lewis F Boyer ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker ( front half only )
- Specs:
- ( 85 x 30 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Ocean Wreck Divers
- Sunk:
- Friday August 7, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.750' -73°56.345'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: Ocean Wreck Divers IV "The Bow" ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, buoy tender
- Built:
- 1969, Curtis Bay MD USA ?
- Specs:
- ( 46 ft ) 37 GT
- Sunk:
- Tuesday January 8, 2008 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.931' -73°56.373'
More: Response 1 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, fire boat
- Built:
- 1958, Equitable Equipment Company, New Orleans LA USA
- Specs:
- ( 52 ft, 34 tons )
- Sponsor:
- FDNY, Ann E Clark Foundation
- Sunk:
- Friday August 8, 2008 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.829' -73°56.379'
More: Smoke II ...
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.
More: Army Tanks ...
