Atlantic Beach Artificial Reef
3.0 nautical miles south of Atlantic Beach, 0.64 sq miles
Depth: 55 - 64 ft
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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.
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| Name | Description | Sunk | GPS |
| 80 ft steel | 40°31.884' -73°43.297' |
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| 85 ft steel | 40°31.942' -73°42.894' |
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| 100 ft steel | 40°31.631' -73°43.029' |
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| 140 ft steel | 40°31.736' -73°42.736' |
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| 150 ft steel | 40°31.903' -73°43.166' |
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| 150 ft wood | 40°31.762' -73°43.306' |
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| 75 ft steel | Thursday Nov 14, 2019 |
40°31.604' -73°43.611' |
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sank during dredging operations
later raised, moved, and re-sunk as part of reef
intact, upright
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All manner of concrete, steel, and stone rubble from dredging, demolition projects, and other construction is used as artificial reef materials. This material is generally available at very low cost or free from construction companies who are more than happy to get rid of it. Transportation costs determine where this material is used by the Reef Program.
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Teredo navalis
Size: to 5 "
This worm-like creature is actually a bivalve mollusk with a greatly reduced shell, which it uses to bore tunnels into wood. They typically spend their entire lives in a tunnel in a single piece of wood. In addition to feeding off the wood, they can also filter feed like ordinary bivalves.
In the age of wooden ships, teredos and other wood-borers were a tremendous problem. In our area, more wood-boring is done by crustaceans than Teredos.
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