United States Dive Sites — Page 8

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Continued from the United States dive sites guide, which covers regions, seasonality, and planning details.

Barnegat Light - LTC Jospeh P. Callahan Sr. Reef

New Jersey · 14–17.1 m

Artificial reef built from M-60 Patton Main Battle Tank (MBT) NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-60 Patton Main Battle Tank (MBT), deployed 1997.

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Barnegat Light - William Berndt Memorial Reef

New Jersey · 14–14.9 m

Artificial reef built from M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), deployed 1999.

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Barr's

Texas · Up to 17.4 m

A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 17 m. The site is reached by boat.

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Barracuda Alley

South Carolina · Up to 18 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

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Basco's

Texas · Up to 15.2 m

A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 15 m. The site is reached by boat.

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A Maryland artificial reef site east of Ocean City whose bottom slopes gently from about 70 ft on the west side to 50 ft on the east. In 2008-2009 stainless steel subway cars were deployed here alongside barges and concrete rubble, creating moderate-relief habitat for sea bass, tautog and flounder. It is a regular stop for Ocean City fishing, diving and spearfishing trips.

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BB Site - Wooden Tug

Florida · Up to 16.5 m

Artificial reef built from Wooden Tugboat Wreck, Unknown Age

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Beach 8th Street (Far Rockaway)

New York · 1.5–12 m

A long-established shore dive at Far Rockaway near the East Rockaway Inlet in Queens, once home to the 'Almost Paradise' dive shop. Underwater jetties at 8th and 9th Streets give some shelter from current and host surprising biodiversity. Still frequented by local dive clubs and instructors for its easy access and training value.

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Bear Lake - Cisco Beach

Utah · 3–21.3 m

Cisco Beach on the east shore of Bear Lake is the established dive site on this large turquoise alpine lake straddling the Utah-Idaho line. A rocky bottom and a steep drop-off close to shore give wall-style diving, with volcanic rock alcoves, a sunken boat, and 'The Car Lot' — an artificial reef of 1930s cars in about 60 feet of water. Visibility averages 20-30 feet and the lake hosts endemic species including the Bonneville cisco; surface temperatures run only 55-65 F even in summer.

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Bear River

Georgia · Up to 3 m

A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 3 m. The site is reached by boat.

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Beaufort 45' Reef

South Carolina · Up to 14.9 m

Artificial reef built from Concrete coated steel trees

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Beaver Lake Dive Park

Arkansas · 0.3–30.5 m

A popular freshwater training and recreation dive area on Beaver Lake in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas, centered on the Army Corps of Engineers Dam Site day-use park off Hwy 187 near Eureka Springs. The Bluffs area offers ledges and terracing walls from ankle-deep to over 100 ft, while the adjacent Scuba Park holds sunken attractions including a VW Beetle, speedboat, mock submarine, houseboat, and buoyed training platforms. Average visibility runs 16-20 ft with strong summer thermoclines, and several other shore and boat sites (Indian Creek, Farmstead, The Foundations) lie nearby.

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Beavertail State Park

Rhode Island · 3–9.1 m

A dramatic open-ocean dive at the southern tip of Conanaut Island (Jamestown), entered from a small cove below parking lot 2 via a steep rocky 'goat path'. Best diving is about 50 yards straight out in 20-30 feet over boulders, kelp and abundant fish life; the point is exposed on three sides, so it is strictly a calm-day site. Water here runs warmer than Massachusetts sites in spring and fall.

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Bedfordshire (wreck)

North Carolina · 29–32 m

HMT Bedfordshire was a British armed anti-submarine trawler lent to the US Navy and torpedoed by U-558 on 11 May 1942 with the loss of all 37 hands; four of her crew are buried in the British Cemetery on Ocracoke. The broken, low-lying wreck rests in about 105 ft of water off Cape Lookout in three sections. It is a formally protected British war grave: divers may visit respectfully but must leave the site and all artifacts undisturbed.

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Belzona Barge

Florida · Up to 12.2 m

Artificial reef built from 215' Steel Barge, the "Belzona Barge"

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Bermuda Wreck (Murray Bay, Alger Underwater Preserve)

Michigan · 3.7–9.1 m

The Bermuda is an intact wooden schooner that sank in 1870 and now rests upright in sheltered Murray Bay on the southeast side of Grand Island near Munising, within Michigan's Alger Underwater Preserve. Her deck sits about 12 ft below the surface with the bottom around 30 ft, making her one of the best shallow intact schooner dives on the Great Lakes. The protected bay location means the site is often diveable when Lake Superior weather cancels offshore trips, and it is popular with both new divers and snorkelers.

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Betsy Ross Reef

South Carolina · Up to 27.1 m

Artificial reef built from 430' Liberty ship (Betsy Ross)

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Bibb

Florida · Up to 39.6 m

Artificial reef built from 327' USCG Cutter, the "Bibb", Laying on Starboard Side, 95' to Rail

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Big Bay sloop Wreck

Wisconsin · Up to 7.6 m

Big Bay sloop Wreck is a wreck dive in United States. The site is reached by boat. Rated intermediate based on available data.

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Big Blue (Lester Milligan Park)

Iowa · 1.5–10.7 m

Big Blue is a flooded clay pit of about 14 acres in Lester Milligan Park on the west side of Mason City, used heavily for open-water training. Attractions include a training platform at about 13 ft, several derelict vehicles along the east side, and a roughly 25 ft sailboat. Maximum depth is about 33-35 ft with visibility around 20 ft.

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Big Mans Reef

Texas · Up to 14.6 m

Big Mans Reef is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 15 m. The site is reached by boat.

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Bigelow Hollow State Park (Mashapaug Lake)

Connecticut · 0–12.2 m

A designated scuba area on Mashapaug Lake inside Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union, one of the few Connecticut state park waters that formally permits diving. The dive access is a small cove about a quarter mile from the Mashapaug Lake boat ramp, over a rocky and sandy freshwater bottom with a maximum depth around 40 feet.

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Bill Perry Jr. Reef

South Carolina · Up to 18.9 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

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Bird Rock (Catalina Island)

California · 6.1–25.9 m

A large white-domed rock at the edge of Isthmus Harbor near Two Harbors, offering varied terrain: shallow reef, an underwater arch, and a wall that drops vertically from about 20 ft to 70 ft, with another section running from the surface to 85 ft with deep undercuts. Scattered boulders and kelp continue to 60-80 ft. The boundary of the Blue Cavern Onshore State Marine Conservation Area cuts through the reefs here, so most divers treat it as a no-take site.

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