Little Egg - Military Vehicle
New Jersey · 15.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-551 Sheridan Light Tank, deployed 1996.
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Liberty Ship Allen / Allen Reef
Alabama · Up to 30 m
The Allen is a WWII-era Liberty ship deployed as an artificial reef off Baldwin County, one of the better-known wreck dives within roughly 8-11 nautical miles of Perdido Pass, lying in about 90-100 ft of water. It is a long-established reef that draws grouper, snapper and other reef fish.
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Harborview Beach
Massachusetts · 1.5–6.1 m
Harborview Beach, beside the Sesuit Harbor breakwater in Dennis, is an easy, shallow Cape Cod Bay shore dive and a favorite quick dusk or night dive for locals. Navigation is simple - keep the breakwater on your right and pick through the rocks for lobsters, crabs, and other critters. Most of the dive is around 10 ft at high tide with a maximum of about 15-20 ft at the end of the breakwater, making it a great beginner site. Dive within an hour of high tide and watch for fishermen on the rocks and boat traffic in the harbor channel.
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Palos Verdes Reef
California · Up to 21 m
A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 21 m. The site is reached by boat.
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Nandua-Pungoteague Reef
Virginia · Up to 7.9 m
Nandua-Pungoteague Reef is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 8 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated beginner based on available data.
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Tygart Lake - Henderson Rocks
West Virginia · —
Tygart Lake, a 1,750-acre Corps reservoir near Grafton in north-central West Virginia, reaches depths of about 130 ft and is one of the state's most-dived lakes. The best-known site is Henderson Rocks, a line of underwater cliffs running parallel to shore off the Pleasant Creek boat ramp: about 20 ft from shore, in 8 ft of water, the bottom drops vertically over the cliff face. Dive-club guides describe it as an easy wade-in wall dive.
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Liberty Ship - Thomas Hayward
Florida · Up to 26.5 m
Artificial reef built from Liberty Ship, the "Thomas Heyward"
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Barnegat Light - Col. Samuel R. Probasco Reef
New Jersey · 14–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from M-578 Light Recovery Vehicle NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-578 Light Recovery Vehicle, deployed 1997.
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Kelly's Reef/Little Gull
Maryland · 9–14 m
Kelly's Reef (the Little Gull site) is a 467-acre Maryland artificial reef about 3 nautical miles southeast of the Ocean City Inlet. Reef materials include concrete rubble, prefabricated concrete units and a sunken barge in roughly 30-45 ft of water. Its short run from the inlet makes it a convenient shallow reef dive and spearfishing spot for sea bass, tautog and flounder.
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Crash Boat Beach Verified
Puerto Rico - Aguadilla · 1–15 m
Public beach dive around the old Navy pier and broken pier structure at Crash Boat. The pilings and rubble act as an artificial reef with easy shallow water, macro subjects, schooling fish, and night-dive potential when conditions are calm. It is suitable for beginner scuba, snorkeling, and freediving, but divers should stay aware of beach and boat traffic.
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SS Cayuga Wreck
Michigan · 20.4–31.1 m
The Cayuga, one of five early steel sister-ship steamers, sank in 25 minutes on May 10, 1895 after the wooden steamer Joseph L. Hurd struck her starboard side in dense fog near Ile Aux Galets, west of the Straits of Mackinac. She lies in 67-102 ft with a slight port list: the bow is broken off and rotated while the relatively intact stern allows limited penetration, and pontoons from failed 1890s salvage attempts still litter the site. Because she sits on the shipping lane just outside the preserve boundary, careful boat handling and surface protocol are essential.
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