Reef · Atlantic City, New Jersey

Ocean City Reef

A New Jersey artificial reef (NJ Fish and Wildlife), built 1986 to 2021. The state records 131 deployments here: 47 reef balls, 35 military vehicles, 20 loads of concrete, 12 loads of tires, 11 ships and boats, 4 loads of steel and 2 loads of dredge rock.

Open in the viewer from Garden Pier, Atlantic City →

Quick facts

TypeReef
Charted depth8.8 m (29 ft) below MLLW
Position39.1739°N, 74.5591°W (approximate, ±50 m)
From Garden Pier, Atlantic City24 km (15 mi), bearing 211° SSW
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, 24 km (15 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.