United States Dive Sites

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Best dive sites in United States

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Horsetooth Reservoir - Sunrise Beach

Colorado · 1.5–15.2 m

Sunrise Beach is the commonly used shore-entry dive area on Horsetooth Reservoir, the long foothills lake immediately west of Fort Collins. A gradual slope, silty bottom, submerged timber and rock make it a workhorse site for checkouts, refreshers and cold-water practice, with typical maximum dive depths around 50 feet and 5-10 ft visibility. As at Carter Lake, divers must notify Larimer County Natural Resources 24 hours before diving.

Shore entry

Andro

Florida · Up to 31.4 m

Artificial reef built from 165' Steel Ship, "Andro". 5th of 6 Ships this grant

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Proteus

Florida · Up to 21.9 m

Artificial reef built from 220' Steel Ship, the "Proteus"

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USS Massachusetts

Florida · 0–9.1 m

USS Massachusetts (BB-2), launched in 1893 and considered the oldest American battleship still in existence, was used as an artillery target off Pensacola in 1920-21 and settled in about 26 feet of water at the mouth of Pensacola Pass. The 350-foot hulk is now a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve and listed site, with her turrets visible above the surface at low tide. The shallow, sunlit wreckage swarms with marine life, but ripping tidal currents make slack-tide timing mandatory.

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Comanche Reef

South Carolina · Up to 32 m

Artificial reef built from Approximate Center of Reef

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SS Aleutian Wreck

Alaska · Up to 67 m

passenger ship

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Monastery Beach South (South Monastery)

California · 3–39.6 m

The southern curl of Monastery Beach, where the shoreline hooks so divers can enter almost facing north with slightly more protection than the rest of the beach. Rocky reef and a dense kelp forest border the Carmel submarine canyon, with spectacular walls and deep water close to shore. The same lethal shorebreak and undertow as North Monastery apply — this is an advanced site that has claimed many lives and must only be dived on very calm days.

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Blue Hole of Santa Rosa

New Mexico · 0–24.7 m

An artesian spring sinkhole on Route 66 in Santa Rosa and the most famous dive site in the US Mountain West. The bell-shaped pool is about 60 feet across at the surface, widening to roughly 130 feet at the 81-foot bottom, with a constant 61 F temperature and visibility around 100 feet thanks to a flow that renews the water continuously. A city-issued dive permit is mandatory, purchased at the on-site dive center, and the high altitude (~4,600 ft, with higher passes on the drive out) demands altitude dive planning.

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Three Tables Verified

Hawaii - Oahu · 1.5–14 m

Three Tables is the southern Pūpūkea Beach Park/MLCD reef site, named for flat reef tables visible at low tide. It offers shallow snorkeling around the tables and better scuba farther out around 30-45 ft with ledges, arches, lava tubes, and reef life. Like Sharks Cove, it is a calm-season North Shore site only.

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