2 miles off Manasquan Inlet
Depth: 67-74 ft [download]
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Artificial Reef Charts (3/4)
The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.
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Depth: 72 to 100 feet
2.37 nautical miles northwest of Mattituck Inlet
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Depth: 50 - 53 ft
2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach
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Depth: 70 - 75 ft
2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet
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4.5 Nautical Miles off Ocean City
Depth: 55-70 ft [download]
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This is my modest proposal for a new reef site that could be shared between New York And New Jersey. This site has a lot of advantages:
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Depth: 88 to 94 feet
1.79 nautical miles northeast of Port Jefferson Inlet
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Depth: 32 - 40 ft
1.6 nautical miles south of Rockaway Beach
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1.6 nautical miles off Sea Bright
Depth: 40-60 ft [download]
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Scallops are not nearly so easy to get as Mussels but are well worth it. I have never seen a scallop in less than 90 ft of water, most often in 110 ft and below. Sadly, the commercial scallop boats have quite efficiently decimated the scallop population, and they are fairly rare, especially in any kind of useful quantity.
When you do get into a field of scallops though, life is good. Scallops live on the surface of the sand ( rarely on the deck of a wreck ) where each one will excavate a shallow pit. The pits are usually 2-3 ft apart, and a good field of scallops will stretch as far as you can see. Fortunately, good fields like this are usually in the vicinity of wrecks or snags, where the scallop boats will not go with their expensive bottom gear.
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