- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1978, Quality Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 90 ft ) 168 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.506' -72°46.461'
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New York Artificial Reef Sites (5/6)
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- Type:
- artificial reef, houseboat, replica Spanish galleon
- Specs:
- ( 48 ft ) wood hull
- Sunk:
- 2002 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 21 ft
- GPS:
- 40°38.030' -73°14.571'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1950, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp, Port Arthur, TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 102 ft ) 197 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 125 ft
- GPS:
- 40°37.104' -72°31.388'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1930s, Syracuse NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 74 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.064' -72°28.651'
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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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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1976, Belhaven, NC USA ?
- Specs:
- ( 55 ft )
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 23, 1994 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.173' -72°28.489'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
- Specs:
- ( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- ~80 ft
- GPS:
- 40°03.396' -72°34.186'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1979, Canaveral Shipbuilding, Cape Canaveral FL
- Specs:
- ( 97 x 24 ft ) 185GT
- Sunk:
- Friday March 12, 1999 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.439' -72°46.440'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- late 1920s?
- Specs:
- ( 40 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.071' -72°28.655'
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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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