Little Egg - Marc R. Stroud Memorial Reef
New Jersey · 15.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from M-578 Light Recovery Vehicle NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-578 Light Recovery Vehicle , deployed 1997.
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Atlantic City - Military Vehicle
New Jersey · 15.5–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), deployed 1999.
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Sea Girt - Swenson Barge I
New Jersey · 17.4–20.1 m
Artificial reef built from 130' Deck Barge - "Swenson Barge I" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 130' Deck Barge - "Swenson Barge I", deployed 1986.
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Ocean City - Electrical Tower
New Jersey · 17.1–18.9 m
Artificial reef built from Tower (electrical) NJDEP deployment record: Steel, material: Tower (electrical), deployed 1986.
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SS Copenhagen Shipwreck
Florida · 4.9–9.4 m
The SS Copenhagen, a 325-ft British steamer that ran onto the reef in 1900, lies broken along a rocky ledge in 16-31 ft of water about 3/4 mile off Pompano Beach. Designated Florida's fifth Underwater Archaeological Preserve and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the most visited state underwater preserve with roughly 10,000 divers a year. The scattered hull plates, bow section and boilers now form a fish-rich artificial reef ideal for novice divers and snorkelers.
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Fire Island Reef
New York · 18.9–22.3 m
Fire Island Reef is an 850-acre NYSDEC artificial reef about 2 nautical miles south of the Fire Island Lighthouse in 62-73 ft of water. It holds dozens of scuttled vessels, barges, pontoons, drydocks, Tappan Zee Bridge materials, railcars and concrete forms, with ongoing deployments (concrete forms added 2025). Black sea bass, tautog and scup are abundant; visibility runs 10-20 ft, an intermediate Atlantic boat dive.
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Broken Bow Lake
Oklahoma · Up to 42.7 m
Nestled against the Kiamichi/Ouachita mountains beside Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow Lake has a rocky bottom and some of the clearest water in Oklahoma, with visibility of 10-40 ft. The deep reservoir (average around 200 ft in the old river channel) offers cliff walls divable to about 140 ft, plus valleys and rocky crevices, mostly reached by boat. Thick silt pockets can blow out visibility if disturbed, and heavy boat traffic makes flags mandatory.
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SS Algoma Wreck
Michigan · 4.6–30.5 m
The Algoma was a steel passenger steamer that broke apart on the rocks of Isle Royale's southeast shore in a November 1885 storm, killing around 46 people — the worst loss of life in Lake Superior history. The ship broke in half during salvage-era storms and today only scattered stern wreckage, plating, and machinery remain, spread down the rocky slope near Mott Island. It is the shallowest and most broken of Isle Royale's major wrecks, divable at moderate depths but in a very exposed location.
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Basco's
Texas · Up to 15.2 m
A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 15 m. The site is reached by boat.
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Paposse (Wrack)
North Carolina · 25.9–36.6 m
Known to divers as the Papoose, this wreck is actually the 435-ft tanker W.E. Hutton, torpedoed by U-124 in March 1942 and misidentified for decades. It lies upside down in about 120 ft of clear Gulf Stream water roughly 36 nautical miles from Beaufort Inlet. The site is one of North Carolina's most reliable sand tiger shark aggregation dives, with 20-50 sharks seen on many dives.
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Barracuda Alley
South Carolina · Up to 18 m
Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef
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