Artificial Reef Sites (15/27) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Artificial Reef Sites (15/27)

Artificial Reefs

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

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Liberty Barge

The barge moored at Liberty State Park, 2011

Type:: artificial reef, car float barge, USA
Specs:: ( 330 x 40 ft ) cut into pieces
Sponsor:: NJDOT / NJDEP
Sunk:: Nov 2025 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.793' -73°56.824'
40°07.832' -73°56.546'
40°07.859' -73°56.515'
40°07.952' -73°56.413'
Depth:: 65 ft

The 330-foot car float barge Liberty was removed from the Hudson River in sections to clear space for a new ferry terminal at Liberty State Park. Since 2005, Liberty was used at the park as a floating dock for ferries transiting to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. It sank in a storm in 2020.

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Libra

Type:: artificial reef, barge, gravel
Specs:: ( 195 ft )
Sponsor:: Hay's Tug & Launch
Sunk:: Thursday June 12, 1997 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°10.801' -74°32.741'

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Lieutenant

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1906, A.C. Brown & Son, Tottenville NY USA
Specs:: ( 51 ft ) 21 GT
Sunk:: Tuesday Sept 11, 1990 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°47.176' -72°28.355'

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Lisa Kim

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1966, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur TX as State Race
Specs:: ( 110 ft ) 177 gross tons
Sunk:: Nov 2, 2016 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°57.900' -74°41.050'

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Lisa Michelle

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: McNeil's Marina, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Wednesday August 8, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°53.505' -74°40.075'

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Lockwood

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat
Specs:: ( 45 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Lockwood Marina
Sunk:: circa 1991 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: gone
Depth:: 50 ft

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Lucisaura

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1966, Master Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
Specs:: ( 79 ft ) 129 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday Sept 20, 1998 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°31.106' -73°33.439'

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Maelstrom

Type:: artificial reef, lobster boat
Built:: 1974, Master Marine, Bayou La Batre AL USA
Specs:: ( 74ft ) 129 gross tons
Sponsor:: BassBarn.com
Sunk:: Saturday April 16, 2005 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°57.412' -74°41.346'

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Mako Mania YW-127

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy YW-83 class
Built:: 1945, Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA, as YW-127
Specs:: ( 174 x 33 ft )
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser
Sunk:: Thursday July 16, 1998 - Shark River Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.419' -73°41.460'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Mandy Ray

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1983, Newport Shipyard, Newport RI, USA
Specs:: ( 126x25 ft ) 198 gross tons
Sunk:: October 16, 1998 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°48.133' -72°28.500'

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Artificial Reef Sites

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Sea Squirts

Molgula manhattensis ( right )
Styela Partita ( left )

Sea Squirts are found attached intertidally to subtidally. They show an extraordinary tolerance for brackish and polluted water, which makes them highly survivable in urban areas. Sea Squirts, usually about an inch in diameter, are capable of ejecting a stream of water when agitated, hence the name. Usually found in groups of several animals. See also: Horned Salp.

Tunicates are much more advanced in the evolutionary scheme of things than anemones, having, for example, a circulatory system. The larvae actually even have several features in common with vertebrates, including the precursor of a spinal cord, but these are lost in the sac-like sessile adults.

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