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New York · 9.1–12.2 m
Smithtown Reef is a 31-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in Long Island Sound about 1.6 nautical miles northwest of the Stony Brook Harbor entrance, in 30-40 ft of water. Built from two vessels, six barges, steel pipes and concrete-filled steel cylinders, it offers good relief for tautog, black sea bass and scup. Visibility is typically 10-20 ft and tide-dependent—an intermediate Sound boat dive.
New York · 21.3–24.4 m
Moriches Reef is an 850-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet, in 70-80 ft of water. It holds about a dozen sunken vessels plus barges, armored vehicles, Tappan Zee Bridge materials and railcars, with concrete forms added in 2025. A productive advanced boat dive for black sea bass, tautog and scup; visibility typically 10-20 ft. Charter boats such as the Sidekick run from East Moriches.
New York · 14.6–16.2 m
McAllister Grounds (Fishing Line) Reef is a 425-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach, in 48-53 ft of water. Despite its 'fishing line' name it is a developed reef built from vessels, barges, scow pieces, steel miter/dam gates, a turbine, rock and concrete forms, with concrete blocks/forms added in 2025. It supports black sea bass, tautog and scup; visibility is typically 10-20 ft—an intermediate Atlantic boat dive.
New York · 6–12 m
A popular shore dive on Shinnecock Bay in Hampton Bays, just east of the old Ponquogue Bridge span. The bridge pilings and rubble form an artificial reef teeming with marine life, and the proximity to the Shinnecock Inlet brings in clear ocean water and seasonal tropical strays carried north on the Gulf Stream. Considered one of the best shore dives on Long Island.
New York · 4.6–10.7 m
The Champlain II was a 244-ft sidewheel steamer launched in Burlington in 1868 as the Oakes Ames and converted to a passenger vessel in 1874. She ran hard aground near Barn Rock north of Westport, NY on the night of July 16, 1875, and today about 160 ft of her lower hull and machinery debris rest on a sloping bottom in 15-35 ft of water close to the New York shore. The site is a designated underwater historic preserve marked by a yellow mooring buoy with underwater interpretive signage, and free annual diver registration is required.
New York · 19.8–29 m
The wreck of the propeller freighter Dean Richmond, a 238-foot vessel lost with all 23 crew in the great storm of 14 October 1893 off Dunkirk, New York, near the New York/Pennsylvania line in Lake Erie. The wreck lies inverted in about 95 feet of water with the upside-down hull standing roughly 30 feet off the bottom. A favorite advanced Lake Erie wreck dive, often paired with the nearby Indiana.
New York · 7.6–33.5 m
The wreck of the schooner A.E. Vickery, which struck a shoal near Rock Island Lighthouse and sank on 15-16 August 1889, on the US side of the St. Lawrence River near Clayton in the Thousand Islands. One of the most popular dives on the river: a buoy line leads down through a swift surface current to the shoal head at 25-30 feet, with the bow near 65 feet, the stern dropping over a ledge to about 110 feet, and broken masts trailing into the channel to roughly 180 feet.
New York · 21.9–30.5 m
Mattituck Reef is a 50-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in Long Island Sound about 2.37 nautical miles northwest of Mattituck Inlet, in 72-100 ft of water. It holds a sunken vessel and concrete buoy sinkers and is one of the deeper Sound reefs, making it an advanced/deep boat dive. Black sea bass, tautog and scup gather on the structure; visibility is variable.
New York · 37.5–43.6 m
Twelve Mile Reef (the '12 Mile Reef') is an 850-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 12 nautical miles from Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, in 123-143 ft of water. It holds two vessels, 16 steel center-beam railcars, rock and ECOncrete and is referenced by Long Island wreck divers, but its depth places it at or beyond recreational limits—an expert/technical boat dive. Black sea bass, tautog and scup populate the structure; visibility is variable.
New York · 25.9–38.1 m
The wreck of the Cunard liner Oregon, a 518-foot transatlantic steamship that sank on 14 March 1886 after a collision off Long Island (all aboard were rescued). The wreck lies roughly 18 miles south of Long Island in about 125 feet of water, rising to around 85 feet at its highest point. Notable features include nine boilers, the large compound engine and the stern steering quadrant. A classic deep boat dive of Wreck Valley.
New York · 9.8–12.2 m
Rockaway Reef is a 635-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 1.6 nautical miles south of Rockaway Beach, in 32-40 ft of water. Built from a barge, 60 steel buoys, Tappan Zee Bridge materials, rock and assorted concrete, with rock rubble scattered throughout, it is a relatively shallow but exposed reef. Black sea bass, tautog and scup are common; visibility runs 10-20 ft—an intermediate boat dive close to NYC.
New York · 7.6–12.2 m
Yellowbar (Fisherman) Reef is a small 7-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in Great South Bay, about 900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, in 25-40 ft of water. Built from three vessels, a barge, pontoons, 100 concrete Reef Ball units, concrete forms and pipes, it is a sheltered, shallow bay reef good for newer divers. Black sea bass, tautog, scup and flounder use the structure; visibility is limited and tide-dependent.