Esso Bonaire
Florida · Up to 27.4 m
Artificial reef built from 147' Tanker, the "Esso Bonaire III"
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Little Egg - Captain John Koegler Reef
New Jersey · 15.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from 45 foot tug boat NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 45 foot tug boat, deployed 2021.
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Little Egg - Pat Ogden Reef
New Jersey · 15.8–17.1 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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Lake Pend Oreille - Trestle Creek Train Wreck
Idaho · 26.2–34.1 m
Lake Pend Oreille is one of the deepest lakes in North America (about 1,150 feet) and holds more than 60 wrecks, mostly historic wooden boats. The signature dive is a set of sunken railroad gravel cars near Trestle Creek at the lake's north end, lost in 1904 when a trestle gave way. The first boxcar appears around 86 feet and the wreckage continues to about 110 to 112 feet, where divers can see the couplers between cars and swim into one boxcar. This is a deep, cold-water altitude dive accessed from the Trestle Creek boat launch near Hope.
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Escambrón Verified
Puerto Rico · 0.5–9 m
Protected San Juan shore site used for training, refreshers, snorkeling, and easy scuba. The park includes shallow protected water, artificial reef/bottom features, Fish Protection Wall, and maze-like reef routes often called the Labyrinths. It is one of Puerto Rico's most accessible beginner sites but can be affected by seasonal sargassum and urban beach traffic.
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Sea Girt - Morania Barge
New Jersey · 17.4–21.9 m
Artificial reef built from 230' Tanker - "Morania Barge" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 230' Tanker - "Morania Barge", deployed 1989.
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Cape May - Redbird Reef II
New Jersey · 12.8–14.9 m
Artificial reef built from Subway Car (Redbird II) NJDEP deployment record: Subway car, material: Subway Car (Redbird II), deployed 2003.
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Little Egg - BHMTC Tank II Reef
New Jersey · 15.8–17.1 m
Artificial reef built from M-551 Sheridan Light Tank NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-551 Sheridan Light Tank, deployed 1996.
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Candlewood Lake
Connecticut · Up to 25.9 m
Connecticut's largest lake, a 1928 man-made reservoir whose flooded valley still holds old roads, stone walls, foundations, Model T-era vehicles and small plane wreckage that divers seek out. The Candlewood Lake Authority acknowledges it as a popular dive destination but warns that it is dark, low-visibility diving requiring lights and preparation. Most diving is done from boats or town launch areas around the lake.
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Troy Spring
Florida · 1.2–21.3 m
Troy Spring is a first-magnitude spring on the Suwannee River in Troy Spring State Park, with a clear bowl dropping to about 70 ft — one of the deepest open-water spring dives in Florida that requires no cavern certification. In the shallow spring run lie the ribs of the Madison, a Confederate sidewheel steamboat scuttled in 1863 to keep it from Union capture. Diving is open-water only: certified divers with a buddy, no lights and no cave penetration.
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Bull Point
Rhode Island · 3–30.5 m
An advanced Jamestown shore dive near the old DEM station west of Fort Wetherill, one of the only New England shore sites where divers can reach about 100 feet. Entry is a tricky climb down a rock hill to a rocky beach, then a short swim to depth along laid guidelines; colorful rock faces loaded with life give way to silt below about 80 feet. Strong currents make slack tide (or an incoming tide) essential.
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