Reef · Nags Head, North Carolina

AR-145 artificial reef

A North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reef (AR-145) in the Cape Hatteras region. NC DMF records the site center 35.3° magnetic - 7.7 nm from Oregon Inlet Sea Buoy. Deployed material reaches about 430 m from that point.

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Quick facts

TypeReef
Seabed depth20.1 m (66 ft) below MLLW
Position35.9003°N, 75.3981°W
From Bodie Island Lighthouse17 km (11 mi), bearing 59° ENE
SourceNC DMF Artificial Reef Guide

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Bodie Island Lighthouse, 17 km (11 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

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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.