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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1925, Wilmington DE as Stroudsburg
- Specs:
- ( 103 ft ) 195 GT
- Sponsor:
- Hay's Tug & Launch, GDF, Jersey Fresh Seafood Festival
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 9, 1995 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°13.961' -74°12.926'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Big Mama ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1958, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
More: Bay Tide ...
16-Fathom Artificial Reef
Depth: 85 to 103 feet
13 nautical miles southwest of Fire Island Inlet
More: Sixteen Fathom Artificial Reef ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, Spruance-class destroyer, US Navy
- Built:
- 1975, Pascagoula MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 563 x 55 ft ) 8,040 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°30.850' -74°30.656' originally, now ???
- Depth:
- 130 ft
More: USS Arthur W Radford DD-968 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft )
- Sponsor:
- East Coast Tender Services
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.135' -73°56.919'
More: car float barge ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Vinik Marine
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 9, 2020 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°21.541' -73°56.006'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
More: Vinik Huntress ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1954 Calumet IL as Sharon Lee
- Specs:
- ( 89 x 26 ft ) 167 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- thesportfishngfund.org, Ann E Clark Foundation
- Dedication:
- Richard Reina
- Sunk:
- Thursday June 16, 2016 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°14.038' -74°12.568'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Tobacco Pointe ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1975, Savannah GA, USA, as Capt. Leary
- Specs:
- ( 53 x 18 ft ) 55 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday Jan 14, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°04.784' -73°59.420'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Ranger ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1942, Kearny NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
More: USS Turner DD-648 ...
Depth: 16 - 25 ft
120 yards north of South Beach, between Kismet and National Seashore dock
This reef is very close to land, it could even be a shore dive
More: Kismet Artificial Reef ...
Depth: 25 - 40 ft
900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge
More: Yellowbar Artificial Reef ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1848, NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 275 x 32 ft ) 984 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday December 27, 1866
beached to prevent foundering in a storm; old age & decay - no casualties
More: Horton's Point / Commodore ...
There are two actual Ponquoque bridges, the new one and the old one. You crossed the new bridge to get to the former Foster Road. The old bridge is where you will probably dive, although nothing is stopping you from diving the new bridge. Don't get caught in the channel between the two bridges, however, because it is considered a channel and it is illegal to dive in a channel in the town of Southampton. With that in mind, there is usually good parking at the bridge, but you will have to do some walking in order to get into the water.
More: Ponquogue Bridge ...
The Shinnecock Inlet is located in the Hampton Bays on Long Island. The inlet is one of the only major inlets on the south shore and sees a great deal of boat traffic during the summer months. With that in mind, this inlet also sees a great deal of diver traffic as well.
More: Shinnecock Inlet ...
The dive site is between 8th and 9th Streets.
Atlantic Beach bridge at right, inlet and ocean to the left (west)
In Queens borough, New York City!
East Rockaway Inlet is also known as Deb's Inlet, while New Yorkers optimistically, or perhaps ironically, call the Beach 8th Street dive site Almost Paradise. (Actually the name of a long-defunct dive shop there.) It is also referred to as Beach 9th Street. If that's not enough names for the same place, the waterway is officially called Reynold's Channel. So I suppose you could make six different entries in your logbook.
Beach 8th Street is the only part of the inlet that is accessible to divers, the rest is either private property or state park land where diving is prohibited. You can zoom, pan, and maximize the map above. The inlet is off to the left, marshland to the right, and Kennedy Airport above.
More: East Rockaway Inlet / Beach 8th Street ...
1980 - 2021: The End of an Era
Sadly, 2021 is Dutch Springs' final year of operation. The owner has retired after 40+ years of building and running the facility, and the property has been sold to a developer to become warehouses. See the link in the sidebar.
lakehydra.com
More: Dutch Springs (Lake Hydra) ...
- Type:
- freshwater artificial reservoir
- Depth:
180 ft , but less than 60 ft in the usual area
More: Round Valley ...
- Type:
- major ocean inlet with strong current, surf, and heavy boat traffic
- Depth:
- 45 ft
More: Barnegat Inlet ...
- Type:
- inland tidal river
- Depth:
- 20 ft, mostly a lot shallower
This spot is upstream on the Manasquan River. The diving area is rather small and not very deep. Visibility tends to be poor, and this is worsened whenever an O/W training class is in session, which is often. Also, the current under the bridge becomes very strong, so slack water is essential. For a long time, a dredge barge has been anchored in the channel, but otherwise, there is no boat traffic.
More: Manasquan River Railroad Bridge ...
Point Pleasant on the left /south
Manasquan on the right / north
- Type:
- tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
- Depth:
- 30 ft
This inlet has a long slightly L-shaped jetty on the north side and a longer straight jetty on the south side. Both jetties are made of large stones and concrete, and the ends are built out of man-made concrete "jacks", shaped like an H with a 90-degree twist in the middle.
More: Manasquan River Inlet ...
- Type:
- inland tidal bay
- Depth:
- 20 ft max, 15 ft in most places
This dive site, formerly known as 'L Street' has changed completely, and for the better. The town of Belmar has done something really nice for us divers and installed wide wooden steps down the bulkhead in Maclearie Park. This more than makes up for the loss of the boat ramp area, which is off-limits to all swimmers since it was rebuilt. I suppose the little cove by the ramp is still accessible from the beach, but the new site is much better, and far from all the dangerous boat traffic around the ramp and marina.
More: Shark River - Back Bay ...
Yet another place to dive the Shark River is on the south side, near the intersection of 1st Avenue and A Street, behind the apartments. There is limited but very convenient free parking. A small cement stairway leads down to a concrete ledge above the water. Climb down between the big rock and the bulkhead, where you will find more steps underwater. ( Whoever B.M and M.M. are - thank you! )
More: Shark River - A Street ...
- Type:
- smallish tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
- Depth:
- 15 ft
This inlet has an L-shaped jetty on the north side and a longer straight jetty on the south side. Both jetties are made of loose stones - hardly any concrete - and the bottom is sandy and usually clean. You can walk over the bridge from one side of the inlet to the other in about five minutes.
More: Shark River Inlet ...
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