Reef · Sea Girt, New Jersey

Sea Girt Reef

A New Jersey artificial reef (NJ Fish and Wildlife), built 1973 to 2015. The state records 120 deployments here: 63 loads of concrete, 28 military vehicles, 24 ships and boats, 2 loads of steel, 2 loads of dredge rock and 1 subway car.

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Quick facts

TypeReef
Charted depth14 m (46 ft) below MLLW
Position40.1252°N, 73.9416°W (approximate, ±50 m)
From Sea Girt boardwalk7.4 km (4.6 mi), bearing 96° E
SourceNJ DEP Artificial Reef Sites of New Jersey

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Sea Girt boardwalk, 7.4 km (4.6 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

On the website for now. This reef is in the web viewer first. The CoastFinder app covers the North Carolina coast today; follow @coastfinderapp to hear when more coasts arrive.

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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.