United States Dive Sites

1,024 mapped sites

Best dive sites in United States

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Cape May - Red Oak

New Jersey · 12.8–21 m

Artificial reef built from 157' Coast Guard Bouy Tender - "Red Oak" NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 157' Coast Guard Bouy Tender - "Red Oak", deployed 1999.

IntermediateBoat entry

Wai'anae Artificial Reef - Shallow LCU

Hawaii · Up to 29 m

Wai'anae Artificial Reef - Shallow LCU is a dive site in United States. Maximum depth is around 29 m. The site is reached by boat.

IntermediateBoat entry

Sea Girt - Ocean Wreck Divers IV Reef

New Jersey · 17.4–21 m

Artificial reef built from 85' Tanker - "Ocean Wreck Divers IV" (front half) NJDEP deployment record: Ship, material: 85' Tanker - "Ocean Wreck Divers IV" (front half), deployed 1998.

IntermediateBoat entry

Tilghman Island

Maryland · Up to 6.1 m

Artificial reef built from Bridge rubble, tire units,bridge decking, granite

Boat entry

Folly Cove, straddling the Gloucester/Rockport line on Cape Ann's north shore, is widely regarded as the area's premier shore dive. A cobble beach between two long rocky points leads to a sheer west wall — the 'great wall' — carpeted with frilled anemones and dropping toward 70-80 ft at the left point, while the cove's sandy center holds skates and flounder. It is dived day and night year-round; the only real frictions are slippery low-tide rocks and resident-only parking at the landing.

IntermediateShore entry

Monsanto Boxes

Florida · Up to 22.9 m

The Monsanto Boxes were concrete structures donated by the Monsanto chemical plant and deployed as artificial reefs in Escambia County's nearshore reef zone off Pensacola Beach. County surveys report that only the concrete pilings (about two dozen at the north site) remain, lying in roughly 72-75 feet of water. The low-relief rubble still draws flounder, snapper and baitfish and is mainly visited as a fishing reef or easy second wreck-zone dive.

IntermediateBoat entry

C.J. Davidson Jr. Reef

South Carolina · Up to 15.8 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

Boat entry

Atlantic Beach Reef

New York · 16.8–19.5 m

Atlantic Beach Reef is a 413-acre NYSDEC artificial reef about 3 nautical miles south of Atlantic Beach in 55-64 ft of water. Built from scuttled vessels, barges, pontoons, railcars, bridge sections and concrete rubble, it forms a productive habitat for black sea bass, tautog and scup. Visibility is typically 10-20 ft and conditions are exposed Atlantic, making it an intermediate boat dive.

IntermediateBoat entry

Kualoa Artificial Reef - Small Barge

Hawaii · Up to 27.4 m

A dive site in United States. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 27 m. The site is reached by boat. Rated intermediate based on available data.

IntermediateBoat entry

Air Force Reef

South Carolina · Up to 9.1 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

Boat entry

Pearl Lake

Illinois · 3–25.9 m

Pearl Lake is a spring-fed former sand quarry in South Beloit at the Illinois-Wisconsin line, run as a campground and beach resort that has long served as the primary open-water training lake for Chicago and southern Wisconsin instructors. Average depths are 30-40 feet with a maximum around 85 feet, and sunken attractions include a 33-foot 'yellow submarine,' an airplane, boats, a bus, concrete culverts and an underwater buoyancy course. Diving runs roughly late April through October from 8am until dusk.

IntermediateShore entry

Lake Hydra

Pennsylvania · 3–30.5 m

Lake Hydra in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the reopened former Dutch Springs quarry, a 50-acre spring-fed lake with clear water to about 100 ft and classic sunken attractions including aircraft, a Sikorsky helicopter, trucks and training platforms. Saved by local divers working with the new property owners, it reopened in 2024 and now operates as an inland scuba training facility. The west entrance has a heated/air-conditioned bathhouse with showers and changing areas; access is limited to groups diving with certified, insured dive professionals at $60 per day, purchased in advance.

AdvancedShore entry