barges - Shinnecock Artificial Reef ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

barges - Shinnecock Artificial Reef

100 ft steel barge ( on a much bigger barge )

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 79 - 84 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	60 ft steel dredge	1987	40°48.063' -72°28.622
Caddell	157 ft wood drydock	Wednesday September 12, 1990	40°48.007' -72°28.634'
Dump Scow DS-106	100 ft steel	Wednesday June 20, 2018	40°48.179' -72°28.461'
Shannon C	60 ft steel	Friday Nov 5, 2021	40°48.118' -72°28.390'
Henri	130 ft steel	2025	40°47.984' -72°28.486'

New York has attached these pictures to the Fire Island Reef. I believe that is an error.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ny09_shinnecock_ss.jpg — Note the large rectangular structure at lower-left. This is the drydock, with a raised spine down the center which is visible in the pictures. The walls have fallen.

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Shinnecock Artificial Reef

Shinnecock Artificial Reef (historical)
( 40.80139, -72.47293 )

2.0 Nautical miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, 0.55 sq miles
Depth: 76 - 84 ft

"unknown" is described as a 46' steel hull

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Long Island East Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - East Chart

3/4 Tug
Amsterdam
Andrea Doria
Atlantic
USS Baldwin
Barataria
USS Bass
Black Point
Burnside
Coastwise
Coimbra
HMS Culloden
Defender
Dodger
John A. Downs
Essex
USS G-1
USS G-2
Gate City
Gluckauf
Grecian
Horton's Point / Commodore
Hylton Castle
John C. Fitzpatrick
Kenosha
Kismet Artificial Reef
USS L-8
Larchmont
Lexington
Lightburne
Linda
Maiden Creek
Malden
Mattituck Inlet
Mattituck Artificial Reef
Montauk Inlet
Moriches Inlet
Mount Sinai Harbor
Myronus
Norness
USS Ohio
Old Yankee
Olinda
Oregon
Panther
Ponquogue Bridge
Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
Port Jefferson Inlet
Reggie
Republic
USS San Diego
Sea Wolf
Sebastian
Shinnecock Inlet
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Smithtown Artificial Reef
Snug Harbor
USS Spikefish
Suffolk
USS Tarantula
Tennyson
Thames
Thelma Phoebe
U-853
Volund
Wolcott

Long Island East Dive Sites

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Squids

Loligo pealei

Size: to 17"

Habitat: Generally deep waters, but moves inshore in the summer. I have seen small ones at depths of 50-70 ft and babies in the rivers.

Notes:

The squid is a mollusk, related to snails and clams. These animals travel in schools, swimming backwards by jet propulsion. Small specimens are nearly transparent except for the eyes. Tropical squids can show considerable intelligence and curiosity, but northern versions are, well, just stupid. I have seen huge schools of small transparent squids offshore, just their eyes visible, like black marbles. In the rivers, I have seen small schools of purple squids, and tiny colorless babies drifting in the current. All are predatory.

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