Axel Carlson Artificial Reef (3/3) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Axel Carlson Artificial Reef (3/3)

Axel Carlson Artificial Reef

2.0 Nautical Miles off Mantoloking, 5.19 sq miles
Depth: 65-80 ft [download]

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Patrick McHugh

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1951, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Edward Matton
Specs:: ( 85 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Tuesday September 12, 2000 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.473' -73°59.599'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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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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Snug Harbor

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1954, N.R. Norton Welding Co, Bayou La Batre, AL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 50 GT
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Saturday January 28, 2006 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.452' -73°59.985'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Swensen barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1970
Specs:: ( 50 x 16 ft )
Sunk:: Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.585' -73°59.391'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Local Diving Conditions

Diving in the Caribbean is wonderful. The weather and the viz are practically guaranteed, and the reefs will be right there where you left them last time. You can plan a whole vacation months in advance, safe in the assumption that it will almost certainly work out, or at least it won't be the weather that does you in.

If it were only like that here. Diving in New Jersey can be a very hit-and-miss proposition. There really is a lot of great diving here, but nothing in the North Atlantic is guaranteed. A week's worth of bad weather, or a month, or a whole summer of sunshine and glass seas, there's just no telling.

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