Artificial Reef Sites (7/26) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Artificial Reef Sites (7/26)

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

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Carter's Creek

dis-masted, cleaned, and ready for sinking

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, purse seiner
Built:: 1948, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Absecon
Specs:: ( 140x25 ft ) 198 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday May 19, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°05.010' -73°59.632'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Caterina.D

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1973 - Bishop Shipbuilding, Aransas Pass TX USA as America 200
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 137 gross tons
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club
Sunk:: Tuesday April 24, 2007 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°01.650' -73°59.747'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Cecilia J Brown DPC-42

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1944 Decatur AL USA
Specs:: ( 81 x 24 ft )
Sponsor:: Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Monday August 16, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°52.950' -74°40.200'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Charade

Type:: artificial reef, pleasure boat
Specs:: ( 36 ft )
Sunk:: Dec 7, 1999 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:: 35 ft
GPS:: 40°38.014' -73°14.431'

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Chickadee

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
built:: 1944, Houston TX USA as ST-555
Specs:: ( 45 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday Dec 21, 2021 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.093' -73°39.209'

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Choctaw

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Name:: An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:: 1966, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:: Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Cinderella

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1964, St. Augustine FL ?
Specs:: ( 70 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday March 15, 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Committee
GPS:: 40°06.777' -73°56.860'

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Cittie Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1953, New Orleans, LA, as Valmet
Specs:: ( 95 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Coleman barges

Type:: artificial reef, barge (2)
Specs:: ( 50 ft )
Sponsor:: Kevin Coleman
Sunk:: Tuesday July 21, 2015 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS - 1:: 39°45.500' -74°01.650'
GPS - 2:: 39°45.350' -74°01.600'

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Coleman I

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 45 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Coleman Construction Company
Sunk:: Tuesday June 27, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°21.060' -73°56.125'
Depth:: 50 ft

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Double-Crested Cormorant

What do you get when you cross a pigeon with a duck?

Phalacrocorax auritus

This large ( 27", wingspan 50" ) seabird is more likely to be seen around backwaters than in the open ocean. Cormorants seem rather poorly adapted to their lifestyle - they barely float, and their feathers are not waterproof like other waterfowl. As a result, they can often be seen standing on rocks and pilings or in trees in just this pose, sunning themselves to warm up and dry out after diving for fish. Despite this apparent disadvantage, they are quite successful and even manage to over-winter in the area. Cormorants are amazing swimmers and divers, able to catch fish underwater in their own environment.

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