Scuba Diving in Florida, United States

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Hl Site - Huggins

Florida · Up to 27.4 m

Artificial reef built from 150' Steel Freighter, the "Huggins"

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Princess Anne

Florida · Up to 29.6 m

Artificial reef built from 340' X 58' X 52' Steel Ferry. Hull Has Broken into 2 N/S Sections

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Avocet

Florida · Up to 35.1 m

Artificial reef built from 247' X 40' Dredge Boat, the "Avocet"

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Silver Nail

Florida · Up to 30.5 m

Artificial reef built from 48' X 10 'X 11' Ferro Cement Sailboat

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The Rainbow River is one of Florida's classic drift dives: a crystal-clear, sand-and-eelgrass river fed by the first-magnitude Rainbow Springs group, flowing at a steady walking pace over limestone vents and fossil beds at 10-25 ft. Diving is prohibited in the Rainbow Springs State Park headspring; divers stage from KP Hole County Park, ride the water taxi upstream and drift effortlessly back to the dock. Constant 72°F water, 100 ft+ visibility and abundant fish, turtles and bubbling sand boils make it a superb beginner drift.

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S.S. Inchulva / Delray Wreck (Wrack)

Florida · 4.6–7.6 m

The SS Inchulva, a 386-ft British steamship that sank in the 1903 hurricane with the loss of nine crew, lies scattered in 15-25 ft of water only about 150 yards off Delray Beach's Anchor Park. Known locally as the Delray Wreck, its boilers, propeller shaft and hull plates spread across a debris field roughly 70 ft wide, making it one of South Florida's few true swim-out shore wrecks. It doubles as an artificial reef busy with tropicals, snapper and the occasional turtle, and is popular with both snorkelers and scuba divers on calm days.

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Triumph Reef

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Triumph Reef is a shallow patch reef on the outer reef line at the southeastern edge of Biscayne National Park, north of Pacific Reef Light. Like the park's other named outer reefs (Long, Ajax, Pacific), it is boat-access only and protected under National Park rules, with healthy hard corals, sea fans and abundant reef fish in clear, warm water. Its shallow crown suits snorkelers while the surrounding slopes give easy novice scuba profiles.

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Buoy Site

Florida · Up to 24.7 m

Artificial reef built from 4 Large Culverts, 54"

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Anglin’s Pier Reef

Florida · 3–6.7 m

The reef off Anglin's Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is one of Florida's most famous beach dives, with two ledgy nearshore reef lines starting roughly 100 yards off the sand in 10-22 ft of water. The town brands itself the 'Shore Diving Capital of South Florida,' and the Datura Avenue/Commercial Blvd entries give easy access to coral ledges packed with tropicals, lobster and the occasional turtle or nurse shark. Note that the pier itself partially collapsed in Hurricane Nicole (2022) and remains fenced off, with rebuilding not expected before about 2028 — dive the reef, not the pier.

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Weeki Wachee Spring

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Weeki Wachee Spring is a first-magnitude spring famous for its 1947-era underwater mermaid theater, now operated as a Florida state park with the Buccaneer Bay swim area and river cruises. It sits atop the deepest known underwater cave system in the United States, explored past 400 ft by Karst Underwater Research divers under special permit. Public scuba diving is not allowed; swimming is limited to the adjacent Buccaneer Bay area.

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Devil's Den

Florida · 4.6–16.5 m

Devil's Den is a privately owned prehistoric spring inside a collapsed karst cavern near Williston, entered by a wooden staircase through a chimney in the cave roof. The 120-ft-wide pool stays 72 F year-round, with average depths of 20-35 ft and a maximum around 54 ft depending on rainfall; ancient rock formations and fossil beds dating back 33 million years line the walls. Open Water certification is sufficient for the open cavern, making it one of Florida's most accessible 'cave-like' dives.

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Ichetucknee Spring

Florida · 6.1–12.2 m

Blue Hole (Jug) Spring is the only divable site in Ichetucknee Springs State Park and the largest spring on the Ichetucknee River. A short swim across the shallow basin leads to a cave entrance about 40 ft down, with nearly 600 ft of mapped passage beyond. The park permits cavern- and cave-certified divers only — no open water diving — with mandatory registration at the North Ranger Station and a half-mile trail carry to the water.

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