McAllister Artificial Reef

McAllister Artificial Reef

Depth: 50 - 53 ft
2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach

McAllister Artificial Reef

Details:

McAllister Reef is built on the location of the 1959 McAllister Grounds reef. The original materials have mostly disappeared. Also known as the Fishing Line reef.

  • 28 foot steel workboat sunk Sept 28, 2000.
side-scan sonar image of McAllister Reef, click to enlarge
A power plant turbine sunk in 2021



37 ft crane barge
Type:
artificial reef, barges
Depth:
50- 53 ft
Name Description Sunk GPS
60 ft steel Tuesday (?)
Sept 28, 1999
40°32.120′
-73°39.605′
40 ft steel
dredge
Thursday
Sept 28, 2000
40°32.048′
-73°39.326′
40 ft steel
dredge
Thursday
Sept 28, 2000
40°32.015′
-73°39.295′
37 ft steel
crane
2003 40°32.162'
-73°39.481'

rock reef
A hopper barge full of rock

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.



Mud Hole

With rare exceptions, scuba diving is a bottom-fixated activity. In the region covered in this website, one may encounter many different bottom types, from rocky pinnacles around Block Island to white sands off Cape May to mud and oyster beds in any estuary. This variation is far greater and more interesting than is found in the tropics. Here is some explanation of what bottom compositions are found where and why:

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