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Location: 1.6 nautical miles south of Rockaway Beach, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 413 acres (2000 yards by 1000 yards)
Depth: 32 to 40 feet
Materials: 6,000 tires in 3-tire units; 60 steel buoys; rock; concrete slabs, pipes, culvert, decking and rubble.
Comments: One tire unit is configured into a 15-tire pyramid. Unconfirmed report of 16 auto bodies, probably disintegrated by now.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
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Rockaway Reef
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Latitude
Longitude
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40°32.730
73°51.210
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40°32.730
73°49.920
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40°32.200
73°49.920
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40°32.200
73°51.210
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Loran C
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26935.6
43753.5
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26925.5
43752.1
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26924.1
43746.9
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26934.1
43748.2
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Location: 3.0 nautical miles south of Atlantic Beach, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 413 acres (2000 yards by 1000 yards)
Depth: 55 to 64 feet
Materials: 30,000 tires in 3-tire units; 404 auto bodies; 10 Good Humor trucks; 9 barges; the tug Fran S; a steel lifeboat; steel crane and boom; surplus armored vehicles; rock; concrete slabs, pipes, culvert, decking and rubble; 350,000 cubic yards of rock from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project.
Comments: Auto and truck bodies have disintegrated.
Atlantic Beach Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°32.020
73°43.700
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40°32.020
73°42.400
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40°31.530
73°42.400
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40°31.530
73°43.700
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Loran C
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26874.4
43737.6
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26864.0
43736.2
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26862.7
43731.5
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26873.1
43732.9
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Location: 2.8 nautical miles south of Long Beach, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 115 acres (925 yards by 600 yards)
Depth: 50 to 53 feet
Materials: Concrete bridge rubble; 2 steel barges; steel workboat; sailboat.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Fishing Line (McAllister) Grounds |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°32.300
73°39.700
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40°32.300
73°39.200
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40°32.100
73°39.200
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40°32.100
73°39.700
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Loran C
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26843.2
43735.6
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26839.3
43735.1
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26838.8
43733.2
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26842.7
43733.7
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Location: 3.3 nautical miles south of Jones Beach State Park, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 744 acres (3000 yards by 1200 yards)
Depth: 50 to 72 feet
Materials: 11 vessels; a dry-dock; surplus armored vehicles; concrete rubble; 2 steel barges.
Comments: Seven wooden barges placed over 20 years ago have mostly disintegrated.
Hempstead Town Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°31.250
73°33.350
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40°31.500
73°31.370
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40°30.920
73°31.550
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40°30.670
73°33.520
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Loran C
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26790.0
43719.0
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26775.0
43719.0
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26775.0
43713.0
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26790.0
43713.0
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Location: 2.0 nautical miles south of the Fire Island Lighthouse, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 744 acres (3000 yards by 1200 yards)
Depth: 62 to 73 feet
Materials: 1500 tires; 10 barges; 2 boat hulls; 2 dry-docks; sailboat; surplus armored vehicles; coal ash blocks (experimental); rock; concrete cesspool rings, slabs and rubble.
Comments: Charted dimensions and location are different from permitted ones.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Fire Island Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°36.100
73°13.500
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40°36.100
73°11.500
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40°35.600
73°11.500
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40°35.600
73°13.500
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Loran C
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26640.9
43739.8
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26624.4
43737.7
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26623.2
43733.1
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26639.7
43735.2
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Location: 2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 14 acres (450 yards by 150 yards)
Depth: 70 to 75 feet
Materials: 2 small boats; 2 steel barges; 2 steel trawlers; surplus armored vehicles; 600 tires; 112 foot steel clam dredge; concrete pipes.
Comments: Small wooden boats disintegrated; tires covered with sand.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Moriches Anglers Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°43.470
72°46.640
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40°43.540
72°46.360
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40°43.470
72°46.330
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40°43.400
72°46.615
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Loran C
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26432.9
43771.9
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26430.7
43772.1
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26430.5
43771.4
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26432.5
43771.2
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Location: 2.0 nautical miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, in the Atlantic Ocean
Size: 35 acres (680 yards by 250 yards)
Depth: 79 to 84 feet
Materials: 3000 tires in 3-tire units; 3 barges; a tug; a wood dry-dock; 2 wood boats; a steel cruiser; a steel and concrete tower; 2 steel trawlers; surplus armored vehicles; steel and concrete bridge rubble.
Comments: Charted dimensions and location are different from permitted ones.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Shinnecock Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°48.167
72°28.667
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40°48.217
72°28.300
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40°48.083
72°28.333
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40°48.033
72°28.717
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Loran C
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26289.0
43788.0
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26286.0
43788.0
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26286.0
43787.0
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26289.0
43787.0
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Location: 120 yards north of the South Beach, between Kismet and the National Seashore dock, in the Great South Bay
Size: 10 acres; (1000 yards by 50 yards)
Depth: 16 to 25 feet
Materials: 4000 tires in 3-tire units; 2 barges; 24,000 cement blocks; concrete slabs, culvert and rubble.
Comments: Charted dimensions are different from permitted ones.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Kismet Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°38.140
73°12.938
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40°38.310
73°12.329
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40°38.285
73°12.317
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40°38.115
73°12.926
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Loran C
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26636.7
43757.0
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26636.5
43756.7
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26641.2
43755.9
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26641.3
43756.1
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Location: 900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, in the Great South Bay
Size: 7 acres (400 yards by 85 yards)
Depth: 25 to 40 feet
Materials: 100 concrete Reef Ball units; concrete pipes.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Fisherman (Yellow bar) Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°37.954
73°14.595
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40°38.051
73°14.354
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40°38.016
73°14.327
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40°37.918
73°14.569
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Loran C
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26652.1
43757.2
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26651.8
43756.9
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26653.7
43756.1
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26654.0
43756.5
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Location: 1.6 nautical miles northwest of Stony Brook Harbor entrance, in the Long Island Sound
Size: 3 acres (150 yards by 100 yards)
Depth: 38 to 40 feet
Materials: 22,000 tires; 5 barges; 6 concrete-filled steel cylinders.
Comments: Tires are scattered around site.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Smithtown Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°55.975
73°11.170
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40°56.005
73°11.070
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40°55.955
73°11.035
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40°55.920
73°11.140
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Loran C
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26671.9
43916.3
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26671.4
43916.5
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26671.0
43916.1
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26671.6
43915.8
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Location: 0.5 nautical miles north of Peacock Point, in the Long Island Sound
Size: 41 acres (800 yards by 250 yards)
Depth: 30 to 40 feet
Materials: unknown
Comments: Undeveloped. Charted dimensions are different from permitted ones.
* Fish pots banned by State Law *
Matinecock Reef |
Latitude
Longitude
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40°54.579
73°37.741
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40°54.689
73°37.250
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40°54.581
73°37.210
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40°54.479
73°37.701
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Loran C
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26891.4
43943.7
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26887.6
43944.0
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26887.0
43943.0
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26890.8
43942.7
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