New Jersey Scuba Diving

New York Artificial Reefs

New York Artificial Reefs

Huntington Artificial Reef
Kismet Artificial Reef
Matinecock Artificial Reef
Mattituck Artificial Reef
New Reef
Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
Smithtown Artificial Reef
Yellowbar Artificial Reef

New York Artificial Reef Charts

New York's 16 artificial reefs total approximately 9.1 square miles.

Kismet Artificial Reef

Kismet Artificial Reef

100' barge
85' barge

120 yards north of South Beach, 0.01 sq miles
Between Kismet and National Seashore dock
This reef is very close to land, it could even be a shore dive
Depth: 16 - 25 ft

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Hempstead Artificial Reef

Hempstead Artificial Reef

2 dredge barges
barge
DB-1
drydock
Jane
Lucisaura
Navy barge
Wards Island

3.3 nautical miles south of Jones Beach State Park, 1.33 sq miles
Depth: 50-72 ft

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Yellowbar Artificial Reef

Yellowbar Artificial Reef

Charade
Connie F
CorEW33
Peregrine

900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, 0.01 sq miles
Depth: 25 - 40 ft

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Asylum

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat, USA
Specs:: ( 60 ft )
Sunk:: 2025 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°47.969' -72°28.608'

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Chickadee ST-555

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1944, Port Houston Iron Works, Houston TX USA as ST-555
Specs:: ( 45 x 13 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday Dec 21, 2021 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.093' -73°39.209'

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Beyond

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat, USA
built:
Specs:: ( 43 ft )
Sunk:: Monday Nov 20, 2000 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.147' -73°39.354'

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Visibility

I have found no correlation between good visibility and anything else at all. Calm seas certainly don't hurt, but the worst visibility I have ever been in was with a 1-foot surf on the beach. There is however a very good correlation between bad visibility and storms, which is why a single hurricane can end the season.

Other factors which influence visibility are: algae blooms, spawning seasons of some invertebrates, which can fill the water with tiny swimmers, jellyfish ( yes, so many you can't see through them, luckily they don't sting, ) other divers churning up the bottom, and just plain gunk in the water. I don't know how to predict most of these, except to say that if you dive a lot, sooner or later you will see some good visibility. Sometimes in the ocean, the visibility will be different in different depth layers. I have seen the viz go from 3 ft on the way down the anchor line to 20 ft on the wreck.

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