Welcome to NJScuba.net, a website dedicated to exploring the New Jersey / New York region underwater -- "Wreck Valley". Here you will find information on dive sites, marine biology, artifacts and activities, gear and training, and many other subjects.
The two Delaware reefs are now fully up to date, with the graphics re-sized for the new layout. I also built the structure for the New York reefs, after finding where New York is hiding all the data. And I do mean hiding, you'd be lucky to ever find it, I ran across it completely by accident. They have put it up in a way that is completely impenetrable to Google - you could search forever and never find it. Next up will be filling in all the missing New York reefs.
This Rustic Ferry is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef
The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.
The City, News Partner Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Volunteers clean off paint and trash before the Prudence Ferry can be sunk into the East River, April 4, 2026. (Alex Krales/The City)
By Lilly Sabella, The City
Behind the gate of a waterfront restaurant, a rusted ferry wobbles on the waves of the East River. It’s become a familiar eyesore for residents of Long Island City, Queens since it was first moored to the Anable Basin in 2012 and has floated there since, a forgotten lump of metal - until now. The abandoned ferry, named Prudence, is getting a second life as an artificial reef. Each Saturday morning this spring, residents in masks and safety goggles leap from stable ground onto the ferry to remove any hazardous materials and make it fit for sea creatures to move in.
While I was looking for something else, I stumbled across this old photo:
This is what it looks like when you sand through multiple layers of paint - psychedelic. I'm pretty sure the rail in the foreground belongs to the Seeker.
I have restored the links in the dive sites charts. A lot of dog-work, but it's a lousy day outside, so why not? A while ago I worked out a way of doing it that WordPress won't eat, and did the Artificial Reefs. The clickable charts were always my favorite part of the site, and I really wasn't happy to give them up, although overall, the transition to WordPress was worth it. Now they are back, and better than before.
WordPress sites are all rather blah, in my opinion, like they were all designed by the same 8-year-old. It doesn't matter what theme you choose, they all look blocky and bland. My goal in WordPress was always to recreate the old html site. I think this is the last piece.
