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Map of Ship Cove (Fort Williams Park / Portland Head Light)

Ship Cove (Fort Williams Park / Portland Head Light)

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).

IntermediateShore entry
Map of Tugboat "Zuess"

Tugboat "Zuess"

Florida · Up to 32.6 m

Artificial reef built from Tugboat, the "Zuess", 2nd of 2 loads

AdvancedBoat entry
Map of Francisco Morazan Wreck (Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve)

Francisco Morazan Wreck (Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve)

Michigan · 0–4.6 m

The Francisco Morazan is a 246-ft steel package freighter that ran aground in a November 1960 snowstorm about 300 yards off the south shore of South Manitou Island, partly atop the older wreck of the Walter L. Frost. Part of the superstructure still breaks the surface, making it the most visible wreck in the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve, snorkelable and divable in roughly 0-15 ft of water within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Strong swimmers reach it from the island beach; most visitors come by kayak or boat, and the collapsing steel demands care.

Shore + boat
Map of Fleetwing Wreck

Fleetwing Wreck

Wisconsin · —

shipwreck in Wisconsin, USA

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Jackspot Reef

Jackspot Reef

Maryland · Up to 25 m

Artificial reef built from Materials of Opportunity

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Port Isabel Reef

Port Isabel Reef

Texas · Up to 21.9 m

Port Isabel Reef is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 22 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated intermediate based on available data.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of SS R.J. Hackett Wreck

SS R.J. Hackett Wreck

Wisconsin · 3–4 m

The R.J. Hackett (1869) is widely credited as the first purpose-built Great Lakes bulk freighter, the design that defined lake shipping for a century. She burned to the waterline on Whaleback Shoal in November 1905 while carrying coal and now lies broken in 10-14 feet of water 10 miles northeast of Chambers Island in Green Bay. Her steeple engine, boiler, shaft, propeller and remnant coal cargo make a fascinating shallow dive or snorkel for boaters.

Boat entry
Map of Townsends Inlet - Howard Preston Bahnsen Reef

Townsends Inlet - Howard Preston Bahnsen Reef

New Jersey · 14.9–17.1 m

Artificial reef built from Northstar Marine Deck Barge (90'x26'x6') NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: Northstar Marine Deck Barge (90'x26'x6'), deployed 2010.

Boat entry
Map of PS Alexander Hamilton Wreck

PS Alexander Hamilton Wreck

New Jersey · —

PS Alexander Hamilton Wreck is a wreck dive in United States. The site is reached by boat.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Milford Lake

Milford Lake

Kansas · 1.5–19.8 m

Milford Lake, Kansas's largest reservoir at nearly 16,000 acres west of Junction City, is used by regional divers and instructors as a convenient open-water site. Underwater features include rock formations and submerged timber, and it is generally treated as a beginner-friendly low-visibility reservoir dive. Conditions are typical of Kansas reservoirs, with murky summer water and better clarity in spring and fall.

Shore + boat