Halfmoon River
South Carolina · Up to 2.7 m
Halfmoon River is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 3 m. The site is reached by boat.
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Jove Creek
Georgia · Up to 0.9 m
Jove Creek is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 1 m. The site is reached by boat.
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Redondo Beach (Des Moines)
Washington · 3–30.5 m
One of the most popular training and night-dive sites in south Puget Sound, on the Redondo waterfront boardwalk in Des Moines next to the MaST Center aquarium. A gentle sandy slope holds guide ropes (shallow line ~50 ft, deep line ~100 ft), sunken boats, a VW bug and other debris that act as artificial reef. It is famous for muck-style critter hunting - red octopus, stubby squid and Pacific spiny lumpsuckers on night dives - with easy stair entry next to the boat ramp.
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Sandy Hook - Ponoco Barge
New Jersey · 9.8–14.9 m
Artificial reef built from Ponoco Barge (historic vessel) NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: Ponoco Barge (historic vessel).
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Sea Girt - Restorer
New Jersey · 17.4–21 m
Artificial reef built from 62' Tugboat "Restorer" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 62' Tugboat "Restorer", deployed 1997.
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Ogeechee River
Georgia · Up to 2.1 m
A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 2 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated beginner based on available data.
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Navy Dive Tender YDT-15
Florida · Up to 27.4 m
Artificial reef built from 132' Navy Dive Tender, 312 tons (1 1st of two this date)
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Laurel River Lake - Dam Area
Kentucky · 9.1–24.4 m
Laurel River Lake near Corbin, in the Daniel Boone National Forest, is considered one of the deepest and cleanest lakes in Kentucky. The dam area is the signature dive, with clear water over submerged rock formations and depths typically worked between 30 and 80 ft. The lake is a regular destination for Lexington and Louisville dive clubs.
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The Rookery (Santa Barbara Island)
California · 3–12.2 m
Shallow boulder and rockpile site off the southeast side of remote Santa Barbara Island, the smallest of the Channel Islands and reachable only by long-range dive boat. The terrain itself is modest (10-40 ft, often surgy), but the site fronts one of California's largest California sea lion colonies, making it one of the best places anywhere to dive with swarms of playful sea lions. Portions of the island's waters fall within state marine reserves; check current MPA boundaries before taking game.
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Salt Creek Recreation Area (Tongue Point)
Washington · 3–12.2 m
Often called the best shore diving in Washington, this Clallam County park sits on the Strait of Juan de Fuca about 13 miles west of Port Angeles beside the Tongue Point Marine Life Sanctuary. Rocky reef fingers, kelp beds and surge channels hold open-coast life rarely seen inside Puget Sound, with most diving in the 20-40 ft range beyond the kelp line. It is an advanced, ocean-exposed site - swell, surge and thick kelp demand careful timing - and the easiest of the three diver access points is the staircase beside campsite #63.
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Columbia Wreck
Illinois · Up to 4.6 m
paddle steamer excursion boat that collapsed and sunk in 1918
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