New Jersey Scuba Diving

McAllister Artificial Reef

McAllister Artificial Reef

Depth: 50 - 53 ft
2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach

McAllister Artificial Reef

Details:

McAllister Reef is built on the location of the 1959 McAllister Grounds reef. The original materials have mostly disappeared. Also known as the Fishing Line reef.

28 foot steel workboat sunk Sept 28, 2000.

side-scan sonar image of McAllister Reef, click to enlarge

A power plant turbine sunk in 2021

Rock & Rubble

rock reef — A hopper barge full of rock

All manner of concrete, steel, and stone rubble from dredging, demolition projects, and other construction is used as artificial reef materials. This material is generally available at very low cost or free from construction companies who are more than happy to get rid of it. Transportation costs determine where this material is used by the Reef Program.

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barges - McAllister Artificial Reef

37 ft crane barge

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 50- 53 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	60 ft steel	Tuesday (?) Sept 28, 1999	40°32.120′ -73°39.605′
	40 ft steel dredge	Thursday Sept 28, 2000	40°32.048′ -73°39.326′
	40 ft steel dredge	Thursday Sept 28, 2000	40°32.015′ -73°39.295′
	37 ft steel crane	2003	40°32.162' -73°39.481'

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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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Evan Miller

Type:: artificial reef, work boat, USACE
Built:
Specs:: ( 27 ft )
Sunk:: 2004 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.141' -73°39.595'

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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 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday Dec 21, 2021 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.093' -73°39.209'

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Regulators - Octopuses

regulator

A "same-source" octopus is an extra second-stage regulator that attaches to the same first stage and air supply as your main regulator. Your own same-source octopus is only useful to your buddy, and then only if you are together. The only same-source octopus that will be of any use to you in an emergency will be your buddy's, not your own, and again, only if you are together. In the tropics, where you can see your buddy 100 ft across the reef and the likelihood of getting separated is slim, this scheme can work very well.

However, in the low visibility conditions of the North Atlantic, counting on your buddy to be there with your emergency backup air supply when you really need it is courting disaster. You can not and should not rely on any air source that is not on your own back.

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