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Map of Dale Hollow Lake - Willow Grove Schoolhouse

Dale Hollow Lake - Willow Grove Schoolhouse

Tennessee · 4.6–9.1 m

Dale Hollow is one of the clearest reservoirs in Tennessee and draws divers from hundreds of miles away. The most popular dive is the submerged foundation of the old Willow Grove Schoolhouse, part of a village flooded when the dam was completed in 1943, reached easily from the Willow Grove campground and marina area. Old roads, barn foundations and other ghost-town traces remain on the bottom, with the schoolhouse outline sometimes visible from the surface.

Shore + boat
Map of 10 - Yon 80

10 - Yon 80

Delaware · 14–20 m

YON-80 is a 110 x 35 ft, 400-ton U.S. Navy yard fuel-oil barge built in 1941 by Dravo Corp of Wilmington, Delaware, and sunk as reef material on Delaware Artificial Reef Site #10 on March 10, 2010. The barge sits in the site's 55-65 ft depth range, 5.5 nautical miles off Indian River Inlet, encrusted in blue mussels and holding sea bass and tautog.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Reef's End

Reef's End Verified

Hawaii · 6–40 m

Reef's End is the western tip/extension of Molokini's reef where inner-crater snorkeling transitions toward deeper outer-edge scuba terrain. Snorkelers usually stay on the safer inner side while divers can work the outer ledges/terraces. Current can strengthen near the tip, so it should be treated more cautiously than central inner-crater sites.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Twelve Mile Reef

Twelve Mile Reef

New York · 37.5–43.6 m

Twelve Mile Reef (the '12 Mile Reef') is an 850-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean about 12 nautical miles from Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, in 123-143 ft of water. It holds two vessels, 16 steel center-beam railcars, rock and ECOncrete and is referenced by Long Island wreck divers, but its depth places it at or beyond recreational limits—an expert/technical boat dive. Black sea bass, tautog and scup populate the structure; visibility is variable.

ExpertBoat entry
Map of Cape May - Allan R

Cape May - Allan R

New Jersey · 12.8–18.9 m

Artificial reef built from 110' Tugboat - "allan R." (formerly "- Kings Pt.") NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 110' Tugboat - "Allan R." (formerly "- Kings Pt."), deployed 2004.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Cape May - Military Vehicle

Cape May - Military Vehicle

New Jersey · 12.8–18.9 m

Artificial reef built from M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) NJDEP deployment record: Military vehicle, material: M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), deployed 1998.

IntermediateBoat entry
Map of Oceanside 1 Center

Oceanside 1 Center

California · Up to 30.5 m

Artificial reef built from Quarry Rock, Concrete Dock Floats

AdvancedBoat entry
Map of Ruby E Wreck (Wreck Alley)

Ruby E Wreck (Wreck Alley)

California · 15.2–25.9 m

A 165-ft former US Coast Guard cutter (originally the Cyane, built 1934) intentionally sunk in 1989 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley artificial reef, about two miles off the Mission Beach jetty. She sits upright and largely intact on sand at about 85 ft, with the superstructure starting near 50 ft, and is carpeted in pink and purple strawberry (corynactis) anemones. Most areas of the wreck except the bilge are accessible to trained divers, and the site is usually marked with a buoy.

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Map of Willow Springs Park (Willow Springs Quarry)

Willow Springs Park (Willow Springs Quarry)

Pennsylvania · 3–16.8 m

A spring-fed former quarry in Richland, PA, run as a commercial swim and dive park and one of the busiest training sites in the region since Dutch Springs closed. Sunken attractions include a small plane, school bus, railroad caboose, Volkswagens, a crane, a cabin cruiser and the 72 ft boat 'Quest'. Depths average 30-40 ft with a maximum around 55 ft; visibility averages 16-20 ft and water below the thermocline stays cold (around 49 F at depth even in summer).

Shore entry
Map of Eagle's Nest

Eagle's Nest

Florida · 21.3–94.5 m

Eagle's Nest is a remote sinkhole in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area near Weeki Wachee, often called the 'Mount Everest of cave diving.' An unassuming pond drops through a narrow chute into an enormous ballroom and deep upstream/downstream tunnels mapped to 310 ft. It is acclaimed as one of the deadliest cave-diving sites in the world, with more than ten fatalities since 1981, and is restricted to fully cave-certified divers who register with FWC for each dive.

ExpertShore entry
Map of Bob Hanson Reef

Bob Hanson Reef

South Carolina · Up to 10.1 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

Boat entry