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Artificial Reefs

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Vincent Tibbetts reef
Type:
artificial reef, T1-M-A2 tanker, gasoline
Built:
1944, East Coast Shipyards, Bayonne NJ USA as USS Ochlockonee AOG-33
Specs:
( 244 x 37 ft ) tonnage unknown after lengthening
Sponsor:
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, PSE&G Habitat Restoration Fund, friends of Walt Hendee, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:
Thursday Sept 5, 2002 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°58.385' -74°11.429'
Depth:
135 ft


Waldorf reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge, crane
Specs:
( 110 ft )
Sponsor:
Caldwell's Diving Company
Sunk:
Friday December 3 1999 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°28.780' -74°11.084'




Delaware Artificial Reef #11
Fells Point leads the string, Cittie Point in the middle, and William C Snow brings up the rear
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1962, Southern Materials Co, Norfolk VA USA
Specs:
( 50 ft )
Sunk:
Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Winthrop reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1948, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
Specs:
( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
Sponsor:
Eirek's Dock, Fish America Foundation
Sunk:
Wednesday July 12, 1989 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.825' -74°43.312'
Depth:
60 ft


Artificial Reef Sites

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2016 Update

Well, computers, you can bet that everything has changed here.


software

There are a number of computer software packages available that allow you to simulate different dive profiles and create custom decompression tables without actually going in the water. Most of them have graphical interfaces, and allow you to vary not only the dive profile, but gas mixes, decompression mixes, decompression stops, algorithm, conservatism, and many other factors. Software like this is a staple in the technical diving field but is also useful to the recreational diver. Here are a couple, with links: