Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
1.6 nautical miles off Sea Bright, 1.76 sq miles
Depth: 40-60 ft [download]
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Long Island West Dive Sites (9/10)
Long Island - Central Chart
- 3 Sisters
- 3/4 Tug
- 44069 Weather Buoy
- 59-Pounder
- Acara
- Across
- Arnoff
- Arundo
- Asfalto
- Ayuruoca
- BA Wreck
- Balaena
- Bald Eagle
- USS Benson
- Beth Dee Bob
- Blue Boy
- Burnside
- Catamount
- Choapa
- coal (Lido)
- Coastwise
- Continent
- Dodger
- Dragger
- Drumelzier
- drydock
- Edwin Duke / Stone Barge
- dump
- East Rockaway Inlet
- Eureka
- Fire Island Inlet
- Gate City
- Gluckauf
- I.P. Goulandris
- Gypsy
- Happy Days
- Harvey's Schooner
- Howard
- Hylton Castle
- Iberia
- Immaculata
- Irma C
- Jones Inlet
- Jones Tug
- Kenosha
- Kismet Artificial Reef
- Larsen
- Linda
- Lizzie D
- Margaret
- R.C. Mohawk
- Moriches Inlet
- Old Yankee
- Oregon
- Pipe Barge
- Ponquogue Bridge
- Ruth Shaw
- Reggie
- Rockaway Belle
- Roda
- USS San Diego
- SC-209
- Sea Wolf
- Shinnecock Inlet
- Sommerstad
- Steel Wreck
- Stolt Dagali
- USS Tarantula
- Train Wheel
- Valerie E
- Wolcott
- Yankee (G+D)
- Yellowbar Artificial Reef
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- Type:
- shipwreck
- Depth:
- 95 ft
The "Seawolf", as she is called, is a large steel-hulled wreck that faces in an easterly direction. Her bow rises 14 ft or so off the bottom. Most of the wreck comes off the bottom only a few feet. She has a large fishing net draped over her midships.
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Shark River Artificial Reef
15.6 Nautical Miles off Manasquan, 0.83 sq miles
Depth: 120-140 ft [download]
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The Shrewsbury Rocks are a wide area of rocky bottom that stretches from fourteen feet of water out to the fifty-foot mark off of Monmouth Beach. Some of the formations are twenty feet tall or more and can be very pretty under good conditions, which are unfortunately seldom this far north. The stone itself is a type of sandstone known as Greensand.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, Norway
- Name:
- Stolt is the name of the line that owned the ship; it translates "proud". Dagali is a mountain valley in Norway.
- Built:
- 1955, Denmark, as Dagali
- Specs:
- ( 582 x 70 ft ) 12723 gross tons, 43 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday November 26, 1964 ( Thanksgiving day )
collision with liner Shalom ( 25,338 tons ) - 19 casualties - Depth:
- 130 ft, starts at 60 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck
- Depth:
- 80 ft
The "Three Sisters", as she is called, is an unidentified wooden-hulled vessel. She sits in 80 ft of water some 13 miles south of Atlantic Beach Inlet. She sits on a sandy bottom, spread out over a small area. Her boiler and a 4 bladed propeller are still visible. Wooden beams and planking spread out from the boilers aft towards the propeller. Occasionally some artifacts are found, mostly brass fittings. This is generally a decent wreck for lobsters and spearfishing. This wreck is in a main shipping channel, and large vessels make large wakes, so secure all gear.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner
- Depth:
- 120 ft
The Train Wheel Wreck is another unidentified wooden schooner. She is located in 120 feet of water only a few miles from the G&D Wreck. According to Jimmy Fazzolare divers will find a pile of train wheels and wooden debris. The Train Wheels must have been cargo. In the center of the wreck is a depression where divers can usually find big lobsters.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, Andromeda class attack transport ( freighter ), U.S. Navy, also known as a "Victory Ship", although often incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship
- Name:
- One of a series of Navy transports named for stars;
Algol is a star in the constellation Perseus, also known as the Demon star. - Built:
- 1943, Moore Drydock, Oakland CA USA, as James Barnes
- Specs:
- ( 459 x 63 ft ) 13910 displacement tons, 429 crew *
* this figure almost certainly includes embarked Marines - Sponsor:
- Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration
- Sunk:
- Thursday November 22, 1991 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.545' -73°41.450'
- Depth:
- 145 ft +, starts at 70 ft, main deck at 110 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
- Specs:
- ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
- Sunk:
- Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality - GPS:
- 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
- Depth:
- 110 ft, starts at 65 ft
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I have found no correlation between good visibility and anything else at all. Calm seas certainly don't hurt, but the worst visibility I have ever been in was with a 1-foot surf on the beach. There is however a very good correlation between bad visibility and storms, which is why a single hurricane can end the season.
Other factors which influence visibility are: algae blooms, spawning seasons of some invertebrates, which can fill the water with tiny swimmers, jellyfish ( yes, so many you can't see through them, luckily they don't sting, ) other divers churning up the bottom, and just plain gunk in the water. I don't know how to predict most of these, except to say that if you dive a lot, sooner or later you will see some good visibility. Sometimes in the ocean, the visibility will be different in different depth layers. I have seen the viz go from 3 ft on the way down the anchor line to 20 ft on the wreck.
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