New York Artificial Reefs (2/6) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

New York Artificial Reefs (2/6)

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barges - Moriches Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 70 - 75 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
Jean Elizabeth	190 ft steel	1995	40°43.500' -72°46.482'
	60 ft steel	1995	40°43.558' -72°46.340'
#335	80 ft steel	Friday Nov 12, 1999	40°43.514' -72°46.309'
CFD	100 ft steel	Thursday Feb 8, 2001	40°43.476' -72°46.343'
"Pump Boat"	25 ft steel	Sunday Oct 14, 2018	40°43.464' -72°46.601'
Self-Propelled Scow #56	50 ft steel	Sunday Oct 14, 2018	40°43.453' -72°46.612'

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barges - Port Jefferson Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 30 - 40 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
Lund's	50' steel crane barge	Thursday Nov 16, 2023	40°59.915' -73°04.043'

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barges - Rockaway Artificial Reef

Many holes cut in sides.
It must cost a fortune to rent this giant derrick.

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 32 - 40 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
Dump Scow DS-109	100 ft steel	Tuesday Oct 9, 2018	40°32.614' -73°50.098'

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barges - Shinnecock Artificial Reef

100 ft steel barge ( on a much bigger barge )

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 79 - 84 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	60 ft steel dredge	1987	40°48.063' -72°28.622
Caddell	157 ft wood drydock	Wednesday September 12, 1990	40°48.007' -72°28.634'
Dump Scow DS-106	100 ft steel	Wednesday June 20, 2018	40°48.179' -72°28.461'
Shannon C	60 ft steel	Friday Nov 5, 2021	40°48.118' -72°28.390'

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barges - Smithtown Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 38 - 40 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	190’ wood	1979	40°55.977' -73°10.921'
	350’ steel	1981	40°55.943' -73°10.955'
	270’ wood	1982	40°55.876' -73°11.111'
	340’ steel	1984	40°55.991' -73°10.950'
	80’ wood	1984	40°55.972' -73°10.872'
	80’ steel (226)	2021	40°55.970' -73°11.048'

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barges - Twelve-Mile Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 123 - 143 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS

There aren't any barges at Twelve-Mile reef yet, I'm just getting ready.

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barges - Yellowbar Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 25 - 40 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
CorEW33	60 ft steel	2004	40°37.994' -73°14.466'

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Beyond

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat, USA
built:
Specs:: ( 43 ft )
Sunk:: Monday Nov 20, 2000 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.147' -73°39.354'

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Big Time (Peter's Reef)

Type:: artificial reef, USA
Built:: 1956, Holland
Specs:: ( 55 ft )
Sunk:: August 2021 - Fire Island Artificial Reef
Depth:: 70 ft
GPS:: 40°36.027' -73°13.151'

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Brenton Reef Lighthouse

Type:: artificial reef, light tower, USA
built:: 1962, US Coast Guard
Specs:: 87 ft tall
Sunk:: Friday January 8, 1993 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°48.139' -72°28.526'

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New York Artificial Reefs

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For most of mankind's history, the world's oceans have been used as refuse dumps. Everything from sewage to everyday trash to medical, industrial, and chemical waste has been disposed of in the ocean, or in rivers that flow out to the ocean. In the vicinity of a major urban area like New York, you can bet there has been a lot of waste and dredge dumping, and much of it at sites that are alarmingly close to shore. All ocean dumping was finally banned by the EPA in 1988 after some massive fish kills, but not before many seafloor habitats were contaminated if not outright destroyed. The two major ocean dumping sites that have served the New York area since the mid-1800s are the 12 Mile Dumping Ground and the Mud Dump. Old dumpsites are marked on the charts as yellow areas.

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