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Map of 105 Tug

105 Tug

Alabama · Up to 21.6 m

The 105 Tug is a sunken tugboat off the Alabama/Pensacola coast, roughly 14 miles offshore in about 100 feet of water, and is a popular charter wreck dive noted for abundant fish life. It is grouped with the Navy Tug and 151 Tug in dive-magazine coverage of the region's sunken tugs. The compact wreck offers a wheelhouse to explore and surrounding sand where rays and bottom-dwellers are found.

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Map of Two Step (Honaunau Bay)

Two Step (Honaunau Bay)

Hawaii · 3–30.5 m

The Big Island's most famous shore dive, named for the natural two-step lava ledge entry beside the Honaunau boat ramp, next to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau (Place of Refuge) National Historical Park. A shallow coral shelf drops quickly down a steep slope to sand at about 100 ft, with superb hard coral and frequent spinner dolphins in the bay. Beginner-friendly in the shallows but easy to get deep.

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Map of Diver's Cove

Diver's Cove

California · 3–12.2 m

Small, protected sandy cove off Cliff Drive in Laguna Beach with a series of mini-reefs beginning almost immediately offshore in 10-35 ft of water. It is one of Orange County's most heavily used open-water training beaches and can be combined with adjacent Fisherman's Cove as a loop dive. The cove sits inside the no-take Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve.

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Map of Nelson Ledges Quarry Park

Nelson Ledges Quarry Park

Ohio ·

Nelson Ledges Quarry Park is a private 250-acre spring-fed quarry lake, campground and festival venue in Garrettsville, Portage County, that also operates as a scuba site. Local dive schools maintain training courses and marked bottom attractions in water averaging about 30 feet deep, and the park hosts diver events such as Halloween and treasure dives. Water is officially tested twice a season and rates among the cleanest in Ohio.

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Map of Cathedral Cove (Anacapa Island)

Cathedral Cove (Anacapa Island)

California · 6.1–21.3 m

One of the best-known dive sites in Channel Islands National Park, on the sheltered north side of East Anacapa Island about 1-1.5 hours by boat from Ventura. Reef structures top out around 20 ft and drop to 70+ ft sand channels, draped in giant kelp with arches and cavern-like formations, abundant gorgonians and a nearby sea lion rookery. The site lies inside a long-established no-take marine reserve, so fish life is dense and giant sea bass are seen with some regularity.

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Map of USS Strength

USS Strength

Florida · Up to 23.5 m

Artificial reef built from 184' Minesweeper Tender, the "USS Strength"

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Map of Eglin Reef 1

Eglin Reef 1

Florida · Up to 28.7 m

Artificial reef built from 74' X 21' Navy Landing Craft (LCM-8) from Eglin Air Force Base

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Map of Steps / Tres Palmas Marine Reserve

Steps / Tres Palmas Marine Reserve Verified

Puerto Rico - Rincón · 1–10 m

Shallow shore reef at the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, known for elkhorn coral and easy reef life when the sea is flat. It can work for beginner scuba, snorkeling, and freediving, but conditions change quickly with Atlantic/northwest swell. Treat it as a no-take reef-reserve dive with careful buoyancy and no coral contact.

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Map of Eleven Mile Reef

Eleven Mile Reef

South Carolina · Up to 14 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

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Map of Isle of Wight Reef ("IOW")

Isle of Wight Reef ("IOW")

Maryland · Up to 18.9 m

A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 19 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated intermediate based on available data.

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