Morania 180 ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Morania 180

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1961, Bethlehem Beaumont, Beaumont TX USA
Specs:: ( 230 ft )
Sponsor:: Morania Oil Company
Sunk:: Monday June 6, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.301' -73°57.424'
Depth:: 75 ft

This is a very big flat-topped asphalt tanker barge. The stern is the most interesting area, with a small platform and myriad big pipes and valves, and a big notch in the transom where the tugboat would go. Good spearfishing in this area as well. The bow of the barge is less interesting. A number of open hatches in the deck at 65 ft allow access to the interior, which is very dark.

Morania 180 reef side-scan — Side-scan sonar image

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3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt
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Accessories

Here are some ideas on minor yet important details that get little consideration. These topics are especially important to gear-laden New Jersey divers; much less so to unencumbered warm water divers.

A light and a knife are the first two non-essential accessories that you should get. Actually, neither one is non-essential, and only a fool would dive around here without both. Goody bags are used to carry booty from the sea. This includes food, treasure, and a lot of rusty junk that you're going to pick up because it is there. They can also be used to carry tools down with you.

2016 Update

Knives and bags haven't changed much in twenty years, but lights sure have. That section has been re-written to reflect modern technology. Nothing else new here, except that solid brass snaps have gotten harder to find and a lot more expensive. So if you find one on the bottom, leave it there for me!

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