- 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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Ocean City Artificial Reef
Ocean City Artificial Reef
4.5 Nautical Miles off Ocean City, 1.35 sq miles
Depth: 55-70 ft [download]
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, canal ( cut in two )
- Specs:
- ( 32 x 13 ft each piece )
- Sponsor:
- Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
- Sunk:
- Wednesday/Thursday June 22/23, 1997 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- Kathy: 39°10.719' -74°33.259'
- GPS:
- Maria: 39°10.814' -74°33.044'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, gravel
- Specs:
- ( 195 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Hay's Tug & Launch
- Sunk:
- Thursday June 12, 1997 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°10.801' -74°32.741'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, dredge
- Specs:
- ( 70 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Strathmere Fishing and Enviromental Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
- Sunk:
- Thursday June 16, 2016 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°9.993' -74°34.095'
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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, barge
- Specs:
- ( 48 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Shamrock Marine Towing
- Sunk:
- Monday September 12 2005 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°09.935' -74°33.940'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 100 ft )
- Sunk:
- Friday May 25, 2007 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°10.032' -74°34.008'
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2016 Update
Computers and electronics change so fast it is hard to keep up with it. The general recommendations below should hold up pretty well even as the technology races forward.
The dive computer should be considered standard equipment. Diving with a computer will give you more bottom time and more safety margin than crude estimating with dive tables. If you are buying your first set of gear, get a computer rather than analog gauges, and you will not regret it. There is a great deal of variation in the design and operation of dive computers. Among the choices you can make are:
- air-integrated or not
- conservative vs. liberal algorithms
- violation lock-out mode
- Nitrox-ready or not
- wrist, console or hose mounted
- dive logging & PC interface
- backlighting for night diving
- auto-on vs. manual-on
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