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New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites (1/18)

Susan Rose Sunk in February

The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:

https://dep.nj.gov/contact-form

If you would like to visit this or any other of New Jersey's new unpublished reefs, contact New Jersey Artificial Reef Coordinator Peter Clarke at Mad Hatter Charters in Neptune City.

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AC Wescoat

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 60 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: A.C. Wescoat Company, Fish America Foundation, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Wednesday Oct 11, 1989 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.540' -74°14.691'
Depth:: 80 ft

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AC Wescoat 2

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 60 ft )
Sponsor:: AC Wescoat Bulkheads
Sunk:: Wednesday July 26, 2006 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°09.891' -74°34.310'

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Ada Adelia

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1866, Eastport ME USA
Specs:: ( 65 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Adelia Inc. & Andy Applegate
Sunk:: Friday Oct 11, 1991 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.500' -74°13.880'
Depth:: 85 ft

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AH Dumont YO-54

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1940, John H. Mathis, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 247 x 38 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Tuesday June 10, 1986 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.727' -74°01.079'
Depth:: 85 ft

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AJ McAllister YNT-12

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1939, Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA as Rowen Card
Specs:: ( 106 x 26 ft ) 263 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°58.004' -74°10.721'

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Alan Martin YO-31

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy, YO-20 class
Built:: 1918, Todd Shipyards, New York NY USA, as YO-31
Specs:: ( 161 x 25 ft ) 335 tons light, 911 tons full-load
Sponsor:: Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.440' -73°41.130'
Depth:: 125 ft

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American

Type:: artificial reef, schooner
Built:: 1921, Arthur D. Story, Essex MA USA
Specs:: ( 125 x 18 ft )
Sponsor:: Cold Springs Dock
Sunk:: Monday June 3, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.855' -74°12.332'
Depth:: 120 ft

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Antares

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat
Specs:: ( 41 x 8 ft )
Sponsor:: John Deckert
Sunk:: Friday April 19, 1996 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°45.067' -74°01.892'

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APL-31

Type:: shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
Built:: 1944, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett, WA. USA
Specs:: ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
Sponsor:: The Meyer Family
Sunk:: Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Aqua II

Type:: artificial reef, barge, water
Built:: 1913, ? Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.474' -74°01.217'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Exposure Suits - Recommendations

The heavyweight cold-water wetsuit is probably responsible for the premature demise of more nascent diving careers than any other factor. These awful things are simply uncomfortable and ineffective. For all the stiffness, squeezing, bulk, and extra weight of 5-7mm wetsuit, in the end, it really doesn't keep you warm, and most cold-water wetsuit divers are pretty miserable creatures. I have seen the constriction and topside overheating of one of these things make its poor wearer sick on dry land, never mind on a boat out at sea.

For an excellent guide to drysuit use, pick up a copy of DUI's drysuit owner's manual, available at most dealers for under $10.

Or just download it.

The argument that heavy cold-water wetsuits are easier to use is patently false. A wetsuit has a mind of its own and will make wide depth-dependant swings in buoyancy over which the wearer has no control. How is that better than a drysuit, which the user can consciously trim for constant buoyancy during the descent, and which semi-automatically trims itself during ascent?

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