Reef · Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City Reef

A New Jersey artificial reef (NJ Fish and Wildlife), built 1985 to 2019. The state records 181 deployments here: 93 subway cars, 32 loads of steel cable, 25 military vehicles, 19 ships and boats, 8 loads of tires, 3 reef balls and 1 load of concrete.

Open in the viewer from Garden Pier, Atlantic City →

Quick facts

TypeReef
Charted depth13.7 m (45 ft) below MLLW
Position39.2575°N, 74.2375°W (approximate, ±50 m)
From Garden Pier, Atlantic City19 km (12 mi), bearing 127° SE
SourceNJ DEP Artificial Reef Sites of New Jersey

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Garden Pier, Atlantic City, 19 km (12 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

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Nearby

Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.