United States Dive Sites
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France Park
Indiana · 3–10.7 m
France Park is a Cass County park west of Logansport built around a flooded late-1800s limestone quarry of about seven acres, and is one of the most popular dive sites in Indiana. The quarry reaches roughly 31-35 feet deep with sheer limestone walls and sunken attractions including a plane, a 1940s school bus, a pickup truck, boats, a snowmobile, a culvert and training platforms. Its best-known residents are large paddlefish (spoonbill), and Indy Dive Center operates a seasonal dive resort with air fills inside the park.
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Mukilteo T-Dock (Lighthouse Park)
Washington · 3–36.6 m
A long-running training and night-dive site beside the Mukilteo ferry terminal and Lighthouse Park, entered from the beach next to the Silver Cloud Inn. A gradual sand slope passes pilings and placed attractions - most famously a PVC-pipe geodome at roughly 50-70 ft - and keeps dropping past 100 ft, making it popular for deep and tech training as well as open-water classes. The original T-shaped dock was removed during ferry terminal construction in the mid-2010s, but the geodome, debris reef and abundant critters remain.
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Cape May - Redbird Reef I
New Jersey · 12.8–18 m
Artificial reef built from Subway Car (Redbird I) NJDEP deployment record: Subway car, material: Subway Car (Redbird I), deployed 2003.
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H.P. Springs Jr. Reef
South Carolina · Up to 10.1 m
Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef
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Bonne Terre Mine
Missouri · 12.2–18.3 m
A flooded former lead mine in Bonne Terre, MO, holding a billion-gallon underground lake with around 100 ft visibility and a constant 58 F water temperature. Twenty-four numbered dive trails wind past pillars, ore carts, scaffolding and other mining artifacts; all dives are guided by staff dive guides with an assigned safety diver. New visitors must complete trails 1 and 2 before progressing, and advanced 'Bear Trail' dives venture into unlit sections for proven divers. Operated by West End Diving as a commercial dive resort.
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Yellowbar Reef
New York · 7.6–12.2 m
Yellowbar (Fisherman) Reef is a small 7-acre NYSDEC artificial reef in Great South Bay, about 900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, in 25-40 ft of water. Built from three vessels, a barge, pontoons, 100 concrete Reef Ball units, concrete forms and pipes, it is a sheltered, shallow bay reef good for newer divers. Black sea bass, tautog, scup and flounder use the structure; visibility is limited and tide-dependent.
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JOSEPHINE MARIE (90 ft long steel fishing trawler) Wreck
Massachusetts · Up to 32 m
The Josephine Marie, an 80-ft steel-hulled stern trawler built in 1969, sank on 1 February 1992 while fishing Massachusetts Bay. The red-and-black-hulled wreck lies upside down in 105 feet of water on the southern end of Stellwagen Bank with its bow facing roughly southeast; the exposed propellers are a favorite photo spot. An official NOAA sanctuary dive site, it carries swift currents and draped fishing gear, so dives are timed to slack water.
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The Back Side Verified
Hawaii · 15–30 m
The Back Side is Molokini's exposed outside wall, a classic advanced wall/drift zone with vertical relief, clear water, and larger pelagic encounters when conditions cooperate. It is not a beginner or snorkel-focused site. Buoyancy and depth control are central because the wall drops far below normal recreational depths.
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Garden Eel Cove / Manta Heaven (Makako Bay) Verified
Hawaii · 9–24 m
Garden Eel Cove, also called Manta Heaven at Makako Bay, is Kona's northern manta night-dive/snorkel site near Keahole Point. By day, divers can see garden eels on the sand slope and reef life around the margins; after dark, boats set up a lighted viewing area for resident reef manta rays. It is boat-only and operator-managed, with conservation rules focused on no-touch/no-chase manta viewing.
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Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Cart Creek Bridge / Mustang Ridge)
Utah · 3–30.5 m
A huge, deep, clear reservoir on the Green River near Dutch John with some of Utah's best freshwater visibility (20-40 ft). Established dive areas near the dam include the Cart Creek Bridge wall dive, Mustang Ridge, the Visitor Center shoreline, and the islands (Osprey/Gilligans) with walls and pinnacles. The reservoir is over 400 feet deep in places, so divers pick their depth on the walls; below the thermocline it gets dark quickly.
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