New Jersey Scuba Diving

Kismet Artificial Reef

100-barge 85-barge

Depth: 16 - 25 ft

Kismet Artificial Reef

Details:

Named for the nearby hamlet of Kismet on Fire Island. I didn't know that, anyway.

Reef site coordinates differ from NOAA Navigational Charts.

Not Shown:

  • 1,000 tire units
This reef is very close to land, it could even be a shore dive
side-scan sonar image of Kismet Reef, west end, click to enlarge
side-scan sonar image of Kismet Reef, east end, click to enlarge

Rock & Rubble

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.

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East Rockaway Inlet / Beach 8th Street

The dive site is between 8th and 9th Streets (marker at upper-left)
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.

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