Van Dyke Creek
Georgia · Up to 3.4 m
Van Dyke Creek is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 3 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated beginner based on available data.
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Bigelow Hollow State Park (Mashapaug Lake)
Connecticut · 0–12.2 m
A designated scuba area on Mashapaug Lake inside Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union, one of the few Connecticut state park waters that formally permits diving. The dive access is a small cove about a quarter mile from the Mashapaug Lake boat ramp, over a rocky and sandy freshwater bottom with a maximum depth around 40 feet.
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Fort Foster (Scuba Beach)
Maine · 1.5–9.1 m
A town park on Gerrish Island in Kittery Point with a signed 'Scuba Beach' that is the standard beginner ocean dive in southern Maine. The easy pebble-beach entry leads to ledges and sandy bottom rarely deeper than about 30 feet, with two distinct dives (ledges to the left, an exposed ledge loop to the right). Diving is prohibited at the main pier beach on the river side.
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Sea Girt - Subway Car
New Jersey · 17.4–20.1 m
Artificial reef built from 70' Clam Boat - "Carlson II" NJDEP deployment record: Subway car, material: Subway cars (x5), deployed 1990.
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Louise Mine Pit (Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area)
Minnesota · 6.1–30.5 m
One of the flooded iron-mine pits in Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area near Crosby-Ironton, with diveable depths from about 20 ft down to roughly 100 ft. Like the other Cuyuna pits it offers clear, rock-filtered water (30-60 ft visibility typical for the area), sheer walls, submerged trees and mine-era artifacts; a life-size Jason Voorhees statue placed by divers is a well-known photo stop at depth. Part of a complex of about 50 mapped dive sites across 27 bodies of water in the recreation area.
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Kate Kelly Wreck
Wisconsin · Up to 16.8 m
The three-masted schooner Kate Kelly sank in a violent spring storm on May 13, 1895, while carrying hemlock railroad ties from Alpena to Chicago. The wreck lies broken and scattered in 55 ft of water about two miles off Wind Point near Racine, marked by a seasonal WHS mooring buoy. A popular sport-diver site served by local charters and documented with a high-resolution 3D photogrammetry model.
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Pete Tide II Ship
Florida · Up to 32 m
Artificial reef built from 180' Steel Ship, the "Pete Tide II"
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Shaws Cove
California · 3–15.2 m
Shaw's Cove is arguably the most popular shore dive in Orange County: a small, swell-protected sandy cove in north Laguna Beach reached by a 58-step staircase off Cliff Drive. The best diving is along the rocky reef on the west side, where a channel called the Crevice cuts through a rock arch toward Crescent Bay, with kelp, gorgonians and abundant fish in 15-40 ft of water (about 50 ft maximum). Calm conditions and an easy sandy entry make it a standing venue for weekend training classes, and it lies within Laguna Beach's marine protected waters, so no take is allowed.
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Smith Moore Wreck (Alger Underwater Preserve)
Michigan · 21.3–32 m
The Smith Moore was a 230-ft wooden steam barge that sank in 1889 in the East Channel between Grand Island and the mainland after a collision, and is the deepest and best-known wreck in the Alger Underwater Preserve near Munising. She sits upright and largely intact in 70-105 ft of water with the deck reached around 80 ft. Divers find her boiler, engine, deck winch and broken mast, and open hatches allow trained divers a look into the holds.
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Little Egg - BHMTC Tank III Reef
New Jersey · 15.8–18 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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Emerald Bay - Florence M and Boat Camp Wrecks
California · 5–18 m
Part of California's first underwater maritime heritage trail, opened in Emerald Bay State Park in 2018. This stop features the Florence M, a 27-foot passenger launch built in 1915 at Stephens Brothers boatyard that ferried Emerald Bay Resort guests from 1926 and now sits in about 60 feet of water, plus two small sunken fishing boats near the boat-in campground. The collection is the largest, most diverse group of small sunken watercraft in their original location known in the United States. High-altitude freshwater diving with often excellent visibility.
IntermediateShore + boat