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Continued from the United States dive sites guide, which covers regions, seasonality, and planning details.
New Jersey · 36.3–36.9 m
Artificial reef built from Subway Car (x20) - "Caputi's Train Wreck" NJDEP deployment record: Subway car, material: Subway Car (x20) - "Caputi's Train Wreck", deployed 2003.
New Jersey · 36.3–38.1 m
Artificial reef built from 174' Tanker - "Mako Mania Wreck" (YW 127)
New Jersey · 36.3–36.9 m
Artificial reef built from Subway Car (x15) - "Muir's Submarine Express" NJDEP deployment record: Subway car, material: Subway Car (x15) - "Muir's Submarine Express", deployed 2003.
California · 3–15.2 m
Shaw's Cove is arguably the most popular shore dive in Orange County: a small, swell-protected sandy cove in north Laguna Beach reached by a 58-step staircase off Cliff Drive. The best diving is along the rocky reef on the west side, where a channel called the Crevice cuts through a rock arch toward Crescent Bay, with kelp, gorgonians and abundant fish in 15-40 ft of water (about 50 ft maximum). Calm conditions and an easy sandy entry make it a standing venue for weekend training classes, and it lies within Laguna Beach's marine protected waters, so no take is allowed.
South Dakota · 3–12.2 m
A nearly 400-acre US Forest Service reservoir on Spring Creek in the Black Hills, about 15 miles southwest of Rapid City. The 1870s gold-mining town of Sheridan was inundated when the lake filled in 1942, and divers explore the submerged townsite remnants in roughly 20 ft of water; maximum lake depth is about 40 ft. It is a quieter alternative to nearby Pactola, with marina, beaches and campgrounds on shore.
New York · 23.2–25.6 m
Shinnecock Reef is an 850-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 2.0 nautical miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, in 76-84 ft of water. It holds numerous scuttled vessels, barges, railcars, a drydock, rock, Tappan Zee Bridge rubble and steel, with the 130' barge Henri and the vessel Asylum added in 2025. A productive advanced boat dive for black sea bass, tautog and scup; visibility typically 10-20 ft. The Half Time charters out of Shinnecock.
Maine · 1.5–15.2 m
The dive cove at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, beneath Portland Head Light. The left side offers deep, rugged fluted ledges down to about 50 feet at high tide, including a narrow diver-wide ravine cut; the right side is flatter rock with small 'caves' full of anemones, and military shell casings still turn up. A cobblestone slope guards the central sandy entry, and the park strictly closes at sunset (no night dives).
California · 4.6–36.6 m
A guano-capped pinnacle about two miles off Isthmus Cove at Catalina that resembles a ship under sail, rising from deep water to break the surface. Boulder slopes and kelp-covered reef descend from 15 ft to sand at 120+ ft at the base, with structure continuing far deeper for technical divers. It is one of Catalina's signature boat dives, with abundant lobster, schooling blacksmith and frequent sea lion fly-bys.
Alaska · —
The Shrine of St. Therese, about 22 miles north of downtown Juneau on Glacier Highway, is the city's best-known shore dive and freedive site. A rocky causeway connects the shore to Shrine Island, and the surrounding rocky reef supports giant Pacific octopus, crabs, nudibranchs and frequent in-water encounters with Steller sea lions. The site sits on Catholic shrine grounds within the Tongass National Forest setting, and visitors are asked to be respectful of the property.
Florida · Up to 30.5 m
Artificial reef built from 48' X 10 'X 11' Ferro Cement Sailboat
Maryland · Up to 6.1 m
Artificial reef built from Simkins Dam rubble
Vermont · 24.4–27.4 m
An unidentified standard Champlain Canal boat ('Wreck Z') built after the 1873 canal expansion, which sank in distress around 1915 with its coal cargo and a family's household goods aboard. The remarkably intact 97-foot wreck sits upright in about 90 feet of cold, dark water roughly a quarter mile north of Sloop Island near Charlotte, Vermont, with windlass, anchor, wheel and steering gear still in place. It is part of the Vermont Underwater Historic Preserve system, but the preserve is currently listed as closed.
Michigan · 21.3–32 m
The Smith Moore was a 230-ft wooden steam barge that sank in 1889 in the East Channel between Grand Island and the mainland after a collision, and is the deepest and best-known wreck in the Alger Underwater Preserve near Munising. She sits upright and largely intact in 70-105 ft of water with the deck reached around 80 ft. Divers find her boiler, engine, deck winch and broken mast, and open hatches allow trained divers a look into the holds.
New York · 9.1–12.2 m
Smithtown Reef is a 31-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in Long Island Sound about 1.6 nautical miles northwest of the Stony Brook Harbor entrance, in 30-40 ft of water. Built from two vessels, six barges, steel pipes and concrete-filled steel cylinders, it offers good relief for tautog, black sea bass and scup. Visibility is typically 10-20 ft and tide-dependent—an intermediate Sound boat dive.
Alaska · 3–30.5 m
Smitty's Cove is the classic Alaska shore dive, located in Whittier on Prince William Sound about an hour from Anchorage via the Anton Anderson tunnel. The protected cove holds a collection of sunken features including a train car, an old pier, an airplane, WWII-era debris and artificial reef structures (cement reef balls and pyramids), all hosting dense invertebrate life. Anchorage dive shops use it year-round for training, with the best visibility (up to 70 ft) in fall and winter.
Florida · Up to 25.3 m
The Soule Barge and adjacent Gulf Power steel towers form one of Escambia County's older public artificial reef clusters off Pensacola Beach. The barge now rests upside-down and partially subsided into the sand in about 83 feet of water, with sections of donated power transmission towers nearby. The mix of low-relief steel attracts reef fish, baitfish schools and pelagic visitors.
Florida · Up to 17.1 m
Artificial reef built from 3rd of 11 drops this date, "Spanish", 10 Reef Balls
Alabama · Up to 29 m
Sparkman is one of five World War II Liberty ships sunk off the Alabama coast in 1974, identified by divers as the Daniel Huger (hull #129). Each of these cargo ships is over 400 feet long and rests in roughly 80-100 feet of water 8-20 nautical miles offshore from Perdido Pass. The massive, decades-old structure draws schooling spadefish, amberjack and snapper and offers atmospheric backdrops for wreck photography.
Florida · 19.8–39.6 m
The USS Spiegel Grove, a 510-ft Navy landing ship dock scuttled in 2002 six miles off Key Largo, is one of the largest artificial reefs in the world. She rests upright in 130 ft of water with her superstructure starting around 60-65 ft, serviced by seven permanent mooring buoys inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Strong currents and sheer scale make it a genuine advanced dive, while the labyrinthine interior is a renowned technical/wreck-penetration playground; goliath grouper, jacks and bull sharks patrol the structure.
Michigan · 7.6–13.7 m
The Sport, launched in 1873, was the first steel-hulled tug on the Great Lakes and sank in a December 1920 gale off Lexington; the crew washed ashore alive. Rediscovered in 1987, she rests upright with a slight starboard list in about 45 ft of water roughly three miles off Lexington in the Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve, rising about 20 ft off the bottom with tools and relics scattered around the site. In 1992 she became the first Michigan shipwreck to receive its own Michigan Historical Marker, and her shallow depth makes her a favorite first Great Lakes wreck dive.
Texas · 3–9.1 m
The headwaters of the San Marcos River, fed by about 200 artesian spring vents from the Edwards Aquifer, with constant 72 F crystal-clear water over archaeological deposits spanning 12,000+ years of human habitation. Diving is tightly restricted: certified divers must complete the Meadows Center's Spring Lake Dive Authorization Course and volunteer with the AquaCorps habitat-restoration program, or do open-water checkout dives through partner shops. It is widely considered one of the best freshwater dives in Texas.
Connecticut · —
A 288-acre lake separated from Candlewood Lake by a causeway, with a state park on its shore in New Fairfield that explicitly allows scuba diving along with swimming and boating. Diving is over a gently sloping freshwater bottom from the park's shoreline; it is a popular regional training spot with typically modest visibility.
Minnesota · 1.5–20.7 m
A spring-fed 200-acre lake in Washington County near Stillwater with some of the clearest water in the Twin Cities metro (typically 10-25 ft visibility), making it the metro area's most popular dive site. The county park beach area has underwater training platforms plus sunken boats, canoes and the tail section of a Cessna airplane; maximum depth is about 68 ft. It hosts regular shop-led fun dives, including dusk dives.