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Continued from the United States dive sites guide, which covers regions, seasonality, and planning details.
Connecticut · 0–25.9 m
A flooded 27-acre historic brownstone quarry in Portland operated as an adventure park, with 80-100 foot cliffs surrounding clear fresh water. Scuba diving is permitted in the north quarry for certified divers who buy an adventure pass, with depths to about 85 feet and submerged quarry features and attractions to explore.
South Carolina · Up to 14 m
Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef
Florida · 10.7–13.1 m
Artificial reef built from 7 concrete modules (8' tetrahedrons)
Rhode Island · 3–30.5 m
An advanced Jamestown shore dive near the old DEM station west of Fort Wetherill, one of the only New England shore sites where divers can reach about 100 feet. Entry is a tricky climb down a rock hill to a rocky beach, then a short swim to depth along laid guidelines; colorful rock faces loaded with life give way to silt below about 80 feet. Strong currents make slack tide (or an incoming tide) essential.
Arkansas · 6.1–30.5 m
A White River reservoir on the Arkansas-Missouri line dubbed the 'Caribbean of the Midwest' for its clarity, with 15 mapped dive sites on the Arkansas side. Features include tall rock walls pocked with caverns, submerged oak and hickory forests, gravel points, and placed attractions such as the 'Bus Stop' wreck at 55 ft, the 'Key Hole' swim-through wall at 50 ft, sunken boats and farm machinery. Visibility is typically 15-40 ft and the lake never freezes, allowing year-round diving. Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock is the main dive hub with air fills and training.
Wisconsin · 0–3 m
Bullhead Point in Sturgeon Bay holds the abandoned hulls of three limestone-trade vessels — the steamers Empire State and Ida Corning and the schooner-barge Oak Leaf — burned and abandoned by the Sturgeon Bay Stone Company in the 1930s. The wrecks lie in 0-10 ft of water just off the city park and are partly visible above the surface. One of Wisconsin's easiest shipwreck shore dives and a popular snorkel and kayak stop.
Florida · Up to 24.7 m
Artificial reef built from 4 Large Culverts, 54"
Vermont · 13.7–15.2 m
The only known surviving example of a horse-powered turntable 'team-boat,' a once-common 19th-century North American ferry type, discovered by side-scan sonar in 1983 in Burlington Bay. The 63-foot wreck rests in about 50 feet of water with its horizontal flywheel, gear shaft, and both paddle wheels (iron hubs and oak spokes intact) still visible. Its identity and sinking date remain unknown, making it one of the most archaeologically significant wrecks in the Vermont Underwater Historic Preserve system — and one of its most fragile.
California · 4.6–27.4 m
An advanced Carmel shore dive named for the private home with a butterfly-shaped roofline on Scenic Road south of Carmel Point. A steep winding path leads down the cliff to a rocky staging area and tricky entry, beyond which lie granite reefs, sand channels and a rich giant kelp forest with depths dropping from 15-20 feet near shore to 60-90 feet within kicking range. The site is exposed to swell from nearly every direction and should only be dived on very small swell.
Wisconsin · Up to 41 m
The Byron is an unusually small (35-ft) mid-19th-century schooner lying in 135 ft of water about twelve miles southeast of Sheboygan, within the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Discovered in 1977 when a commercial fisherman snagged the wreck, it is today almost completely covered by invasive mussels. A deep, dark, cold boat dive for experienced divers.
South Carolina · Up to 15.8 m
Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef
Connecticut · Up to 25.9 m
Connecticut's largest lake, a 1928 man-made reservoir whose flooded valley still holds old roads, stone walls, foundations, Model T-era vehicles and small plane wreckage that divers seek out. The Candlewood Lake Authority acknowledges it as a popular dive destination but warns that it is dark, low-visibility diving requiring lights and preparation. Most diving is done from boats or town launch areas around the lake.
Montana · 3–15 m
Montana's third-largest body of water, a Missouri River reservoir downstream of the Three Forks confluence, completed in 1954. Three marina concessions (Goose Bay, Kim's, and Yacht Basin) provide services, and local divers use the reservoir for fun dives, though clarity is limited and not ideal for new-diver open-water training. The rocky and silty bottom holds abundant warm-water and cold-water fish.
Texas · 0–33.5 m
Canyon Lake, a US Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Guadalupe River between Austin and San Antonio, is the standard open-water site for Hill Country dive shops. Comal Park on the south shore and North Park near the dam offer shore entries onto bluff walls, submerged cars, boats and standing timber, with depths over 100 ft available off Comal Park. Visibility is typical Texas-lake (5-12 ft above the thermocline).
Arizona · 3–30.5 m
A steep-walled Salt River reservoir on the Apache Trail east of Phoenix, dived primarily from the Acacia recreation site. A cove between the day-use area and boat ramp reaches about 60 feet, and following the old riverbed exceeds 100 feet; sunken attractions include a bus at ~50 ft, a van at 30-35 ft and a boat at ~80 ft. Visibility is generally poor, and boat traffic requires a flag and caution.
New Jersey · 12.8–18.9 m
Artificial reef built from 110' Tugboat - "allan R." (formerly "- Kings Pt.") NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 110' Tugboat - "Allan R." (formerly "- Kings Pt."), deployed 2004.
New Jersey · 12.8–20.1 m
Artificial reef built from Barge (broken up) NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: Barge (broken up).
New Jersey · 12.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from 85' Clam Dredge - "Becky Lee" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 85' Clam Dredge - "Becky Lee", deployed 1991.
New Jersey · 12.8–21.9 m
Artificial reef built from Caisson Gate-140L X 25W X 40H NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: Caisson Gate-140L X 25W X 40H , deployed 2019.
New Jersey · 12.8–18.9 m
Artificial reef built from 95' Coast Guard Cutter - "Cape Strait" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 95' Coast Guard Cutter - "Cape Strait", deployed 1993.
New Jersey · 12.8–20.1 m
Artificial reef built from Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-6) - 56' "Capt. Henry" NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-6) - 56' "Capt. Henry", deployed 1990.
New Jersey · 12.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from 85' Tugboat - "Celia Brown" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 85' Tugboat - "Celia Brown", deployed 1993.
New Jersey · 12.8–18 m
Artificial reef built from 120' Coast Guard Cutter - "Heritage Hull" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 120' Coast Guard Cutter - "Heritage Hull", deployed 2001.