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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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Wagner's Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1941, T.S. Marvel Shipbuilding, Newburgh NY as Carrie T. Meseck
Specs:: ( 97 x 27 ft )
Sponsor:: Carbon Service Corp, GDF, Vincent Pessolano family
Sunk:: Thursday September 29, 1994 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.697' -74°01.113'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Waldorf

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'

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Wards Island

Type:: artificial reef, ferry, USA
Built:: 1929, Electric Boat Company, Groton CT USA
Specs:: ( 101 x 32 ft )
Sunk:: Friday August 10, 2018 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°30.994' -73°32.955'

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Wedding barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 109 x 34 ft )
Sponsor:: Friends of Craig and Pat Thoman
Sunk:: Tuesday January 15 2002 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.370' -73°56.765'

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Weeks barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 106 x 36 ft )
Sponsor:: Penn Reels
Sunk:: Wednesday June 21, 1995 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.628' -74°01.643'
Depth:: 80 ft

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William C Snow

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'

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Winthrop

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

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Wyoming

Type:: artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
Built:: 1936, Humphreys Railways, Weems VA, as Aspen
Specs:: ( 100 x 18 ft )
Sponsor:: Wyoming Boat Corp, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Saturday Dec 7, 1991 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°52.976' -74°40.620'

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YC-1479

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1953, Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans LA, as BCL-1103
Specs:: ( 110 x 34 ft ) 144 tons
Sunk:: Friday Oct 20, 2000 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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YC-725

Type:: artificial reef, barge, US Navy
Built:: 1941, Dravo Corporation, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 35 ft ) 400 tons dead weight
Sunk:: Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #10 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°36.608' -74°56.494'

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In a coastal area like New Jersey, the dominant winds are created by differential warming of the land and sea by the sun. Air warms over the hotter land and rises, and cool air from over the sea sweeps in underneath to replace it. These on-shore winds build over the course of the day, and so the waves they induce also build over the course of the day, then die down overnight.

I have found that the best diving conditions in New Jersey are either early morning or night. This is when the daily cycle of wave heights is at its lowest. Fortunately, the time restrictions on the inlets and beaches usually coincide with this.

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