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YAUPON BEACH REEF
AR-425

Average Depth: 30'
Buoy Location in GPS ddm: 33° 53.050' / 078° 06.567'
LORAN Coordinates: Chain (GRI) 7980 / 45354.7 / 59169.6
General Location: 357° M, 5.0 nm from the Cape Fear River sea buoy
Material
Deployment Date(s)
GPS
(Decimal Minutes)
Concrete rubble: 600 tons
Sep-86
33° 53.050' / 078° 06.588'
Concrete bridge railing:
100 pieces
1989
33° 53.067' / 078° 06.517'
33° 53.050' / 078° 06.483'
33° 53.067' / 078° 06.483'
Floating Drydock
(Maritime Casualty)
Late 1950's
33° 53.068' / 078° 06.062'
Concrete pipe and manhole sections: 240 pieces
1992
33° 53.004' / 078° 06.563'
Concrete pipe
1993, 1994
33° 52.998' / 078° 06.523'
33° 53.062' / 078° 06.516'
33° 53.100' / 078° 06.567'
33° 53.033' / 078° 06.567'
Concrete "Waffle-Crete"® units: 8
Oct-97
33° 53.067' / 078° 06.617' to
33° 53.033' / 078° 06.617'
Reef Balls®: 50
Jan-98
33° 53.033' / 078° 06.083'
Reef Balls®: 50
33° 52.983' / 078° 06.567'
Reef Balls®: 50
33° 53.100' / 078° 06.500'
Reef Balls®
Mar-00
33° 53.112' / 078° 06.617'
33° 52.920' / 078° 06.567'
Reef Balls®: 100 in four
groups of 25 each
Mar-01
33° 53.172' / 078° 06.576' N section
33° 53.150' / 078° 06.555' E section
33° 53.130' / 078° 06.585' S section
33° 53.149' / 078° 06.607' W section
Concrete pipe: 147 pieces
26-Feb-01
33° 53.015' / 078° 06.621' to
33° 53.004' / 078° 06.610'
Manhole sections: 150 tons
1-Mar-02
33° 53.186' / 078° 06.413'
Manhole sections: 150 tons
1-Mar-02
33° 53.129' / 078° 06.413'
Manhole sections: 150 tons
1-Apr-02
33° 52.995' / 078° 06.700'
33° 52.962' / 078° 06.646'
33° 52.954' / 078° 06.683'
Ultra Reef Balls® : 50 units
in dense grouping
11-Feb-04
33° 52.899' / 078° 06.700'
Concrete pipe: 132 tons Manhole sections: 24 tons
19-Feb-04
33° 52.921' / 078° 06.694' to
33° 52.909' / 078° 06.679' and
33° 52.919' / 078° 06.690' to
33° 52.916' / 078° 06.679'
Reef Balls®: 100 in 2 groups of 50
22-Jun-05
33° 53.100' / 078° 06.500' and
33° 53.033' / 078° 06.083'
Concrete pipe and dock panels: approximately 325 pieces
11/30-Oct-06
33° 53.026' / 078° 06.664'
33° 53.104' / 078° 06.753'
33° 53.064' / 078° 06.706'
Concrete dock panels
and headers
7-Nov-06
330 53.054' / 0780 06.732'
Concrete dock panels
and headers
8-Nov-06
330 53.078' / 0780 06.716'
Scrap dock panels:
approximately 120 tons
9-Nov-06
330 53.078' / 0780 06.723'
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