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Continued from the United States dive sites guide, which covers regions, seasonality, and planning details.
Hawaii · 3–13.7 m
Wailea's go-to training and refresher shore dive: a calm sandy entry between two rocky points, with reef beginning in a few feet of water and extending along a lava point to 20-45 ft on the outer reaches. A turtle cleaning station makes honu sightings likely. The easiest entry/exit in South Maui, heavily used by instructors for first ocean dives.
Florida · Up to 21.3 m
Artificial reef built from 140' X 25' Coastal Freighter
North Carolina · 52–61 m
Lightship LV-71 marked the deadly Diamond Shoals for over 20 years before being shelled and sunk by U-140 on 6 August 1918 — the only U.S. lightship ever lost to enemy action; her entire crew survived. The 122-ft vessel now rests in 180-200 ft of water just off the shoals and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The depth, current and remoteness make this strictly a technical (trimix) dive visited only occasionally by expedition-level divers.
New Jersey · Up to 21.9 m
USCSS Robert J Walker Wreck is a wreck dive located in United States. Depths run to roughly 22 m. The site is reached by boat.
Florida · 0–9.1 m
USS Massachusetts (BB-2), launched in 1893 and considered the oldest American battleship still in existence, was used as an artillery target off Pensacola in 1920-21 and settled in about 26 feet of water at the mouth of Pensacola Pass. The 350-foot hulk is now a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve and listed site, with her turrets visible above the surface at low tide. The shallow, sunlit wreckage swarms with marine life, but ripping tidal currents make slack-tide timing mandatory.
Florida · Up to 27.4 m
Artificial reef built from 165' X 35' X 55' Ex-US Coast Guard Cutter, the "Mohawk"
Massachusetts · 7.6–10.7 m
The USS New Hampshire, a 196-ft wooden 74/76-gun ship-of-the-line laid down in 1819 at Portsmouth, caught fire and sank on 26-27 July 1922 off Graves Island, Manchester-by-the-Sea, while under tow to the breakers. The broken-up hull lies in 25-35 feet of water just off the east side of the island, with timbers, copper sheathing, and spikes (supplied by Paul Revere's foundry) emerging from the sand. It is an easy, historic shallow boat dive popular with North Shore charters.
Florida · 25.6–64.6 m
The USS Oriskany (CV-34), an 888-foot Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in Korea and Vietnam, was scuttled in 2006 about 22.5 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass to become the world's largest artificial reef — the 'Great Carrier Reef' and flagship of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail. She sits upright in 212-220 feet of water; the island tower tops out near 84 feet, the flight deck lies at about 145 feet and the hangar bay at 175 feet, putting most of the ship in technical-diving territory. Squadrons of amberjack circle the superstructure, which is now heavily colonized by corals, sponges and baitfish.
Delaware · Up to 39 m
USS Radford/Del-Jersey-Land is a dive site located in United States. Depths run to roughly 39 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated advanced based on available data.
New York · 18–33 m
The wreck of the armored cruiser USS San Diego, torpedoed/mined by U-156 on 19 July 1918 off Fire Island and sunk in 28 minutes, the only major US warship lost in World War I. It lies inverted in about 110 feet of water off Cherry Grove, Fire Island, and is one of the most famous wreck dives in the Northeast. An advanced boat dive with penetration potential and significant artifacts.
North Carolina · 30–34 m
USS Schurz began life as the German light cruiser SMS Geier, was seized at Honolulu when the US entered WWI, and sank on 21 June 1918 after a collision with the SS Florida about 30 nautical miles south of Beaufort Inlet. The 295-ft warship lies in roughly 110 ft of water with boilers rising to about 100 ft, an intact upward-pointing stern, I-beams and deck structure. Sea fans, dense baitfish schools, big rays and occasional sharks make it one of North Carolina's signature advanced wreck dives.
Florida · Up to 23.5 m
Artificial reef built from 184' Minesweeper Tender, the "USS Strength"
North Carolina · 35–43 m
The ex-USS Tarpon (SS-175) was a WWII fleet submarine that earned seven battle stars in the Pacific and was the first US submarine of the war to sink a German raider. Sold for scrap, she foundered under tow off Cape Hatteras on 26 August 1957. The hull sits upright with a slight port list in 140 ft of water with the decks at about 110-115 ft, usually patrolled by several sand tiger sharks, and is considered an advanced dive with good visibility but frequent current.
Florida · —
A wreck dive in United States. The site is reached by boat. Rated intermediate based on available data.
Georgia · Up to 3.4 m
Van Dyke Creek is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 3 m. The site is reached by boat.
Louisiana · Up to 27 m
Offshore oil and gas platforms in the Vermilion Block area, dived recreationally on advanced charters once divers descend through the murky near-surface river-outflow layer into clearer water. The rig legs host dense fish life and pelagics.
South Carolina · Up to 32.9 m
Artificial reef built from 460' Ship (Vermilion)
South Carolina · Up to 32 m
Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef
Florida · Up to 13.7 m
Artificial reef built from 180' X 30' X 10' Barge with P2V-3 Bomber Cabled to It
California · 4.6–30.5 m
Sandy-beach shore dive just south of the Redondo Beach Pier where a gently sloping bottom drops into the head of Redondo Submarine Canyon, which begins around 50 ft and plunges past recreational limits. A short surface swim reaches 60-100 ft, making it a popular deep-training and night-dive site, with a noticeable thermocline around 40 ft. Local clubs dive it on Wednesday nights and classes run most weekends.
Florida · 1.5–36.6 m
Volusia Blue Spring is a first-magnitude spring on the St. Johns River in Blue Spring State Park, famous as one of Florida's largest winter manatee refuges. Open water divers can descend the steep limestone chimney to about 50-60 ft, where a warning sign marks the cave entrance; cave-certified divers can continue to roughly 120 ft against very strong flow. The spring run and boil are closed to all water activities from mid-November to mid-March while hundreds of manatees shelter in the 72°F water.
Florida · 1.5–35.1 m
Vortex Spring is the largest commercial dive facility in Florida, a privately run spring resort in the Panhandle near Ponce de Leon producing about 28 million gallons of 68°F water daily. The 200 ft diameter basin slopes to a cavern entrance at 58 ft, with a gated cave continuing to 115 ft for certified cave divers (measured passage ~1,640 ft). Resident freshwater fish and even introduced koi make the shallow basin a favorite for open water training and check-out dives.