Artificial Reef Sites (2/26)

Artificial Reefs

The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.

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Aqua II reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge, water
Built:
1913, ? Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:
Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:
Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°37.474' -74°01.217'
Depth:
80 ft

M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.



Austin reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
1956, Tampa Marine, Tampa FL USA
Specs:
( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Sponsor:
Grady family, Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association, Ocean Reef Foundation of New Jersey
Sunk:
Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°02.900' -73°59.000'
Depth:
80 ft



The larger tug Ranger was sunk on the Manasquan Reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge, etc
Specs:
( 140 ft )
Sunk:
Thursday January 14, 2021 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°28.340' -74°11.083'

80 ft steel barge
Type:
artificial reef, barges
Depth:
55 - 64 ft
Name Description Sunk GPS
80 ft steel 40°31.884'
-73°43.297'
85 ft steel 40°31.942'
-73°42.894'
100 ft steel 40°31.631'
-73°43.029'
140 ft steel 40°31.736'
-73°42.736'
150 ft steel 40°31.903'
-73°43.166'
150 ft wood 40°31.762'
-73°43.306'
75 ft steel Thursday
Nov 14, 2019
40°31.604'
-73°43.611'

Artificial Reef Sites

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"Higher animals" is a catch-all term for vertebrates other than fish. This is rather self-congratulatory, since the so-called "lower animals" - fishes and invertebrates - are actually the dominant species on the planet, both in numbers and diversity! The four classes of higher animals are:

  • Amphibians - class Amphibia
  • Reptiles - class Reptilia
  • Birds - class Aves
  • Mammals - class Mammalia

Of these, amphibians are absent from marine environments ( with one or two exceptions. )

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