Dive Site Atlas
Where to park, how to get in, what the water is usually doing — written and photographed by the divers who have actually been there.
John D MacArthur Beach State Park
United States
Cudjoe Gardens Marina And Dive Center
United States
Triumph Reef
United States
S.S. Inchulva / Delray Wreck (Wrack)
United States
The old shipwreck know as the Delray Wreck rests at the bottom of the ocean in 25 feet of water about 150 yards offshore the south end of Delray’s municipal beach.
Molasses Reef
Florida Keys, United States
A classic Key Largo spur-and-groove reef inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, busy with grunts, tarpon and the occasional reef shark.
Christ of the Abyss
Florida Keys, United States
The bronze statue at Key Largo Dry Rocks, one of the most photographed dives in the world and an easy first ocean dive.
USS Spiegel Grove
Florida Keys, United States
A 155 m landing ship dock sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo. Big structure, big pelagics, and enough depth to warrant careful gas planning.
Blue Heron Bridge
South Florida, United States
World-class muck diving under a bridge in Riviera Beach. Seahorses, octopus, batfish and frogfish in waist-deep water.
Breakers Reef
South Florida, United States
A Palm Beach drift dive along a healthy ledge with turtles, goliath grouper and passing eagle rays.
Devil's Den
North Central Florida, United States
A prehistoric spring inside a dry cave near Williston. Sunlight beams through the opening onto ancient rock and fossil beds.
Ginnie Springs
North Central Florida, United States
Crystal-clear spring on the Santa Fe River. The Ballroom cavern is open to all certified divers; the cave system beyond is grated and cave-only.
Crystal River — Kings Bay
Nature Coast, United States
Manatee country. Mostly a snorkel site under federal protection rules, with spring vents and shallow grass flats.
USS Oriskany
Florida Panhandle, United States
The Great Carrier Reef off Pensacola — a 275 m aircraft carrier and the largest vessel ever sunk as an artificial reef.
Blue Hole, Gozo
Gozo, Malta
A natural limestone pool linked to the open sea by an archway, leading out to the Azure reef wall.
Manta Point, Nusa Penida
Bali, Indonesia
A cleaning station on the south coast of Nusa Penida where reef manta rays queue over the bommies.
SS Thistlegorm
Red Sea, Egypt
A WWII cargo wreck in the Strait of Gubal, still loaded with motorcycles, trucks and rifles. Among the finest wreck dives anywhere.
Rainbow Spring
United States
Anglin’s Pier Reef
United States
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is nicknamed the “Shore Dive Capital of South Florida” for a reason: its living coral reefs are a mere 100–400 feet from the beach, making it one of the easiest and most accessible dive spots in the world.
SS Copenhagen Shipwreck
United States
SS Copenhagen is a shipwreck off the town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida, United States. She was a cargo steamship, built in England in 1898. She was wrecked on a reef south of Hillsboro Inlet in 1900.
Lofthus
United States
Molasses Reef
Florida, United States
The busiest reef in the Florida Keys for good reason: shallow spur-and-groove coral, huge schools of grunts and snapper, and viz that regularly beats 25 m.
1,000 Steps
Kralendijk, Bonaire
Bonaire's most photographed shore dive. It is 67 steps, not a thousand — but with doubles on your back it feels like the name is right.
SS Lord Strathcona
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A 7,335-ton ore carrier torpedoed off Bell Island in 1942, sitting upright and remarkably intact in cold, clear Atlantic water.
Blue Grotto Spring
United States
Catfish Hotel Sink
United States
Juniper Springs
United States
Madison Blue Spring
United States
Alexander Springs
United States
Troy Spring
United States
Ichetucknee Spring
United States
Eagle's Nest
United States
Weeki Wachee Spring
United States
Scuba diving and snorkeling are permitted in the main spring area by reservation only and if accompanied by a park-authorized dive shop or organization
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
United States
Spiegel Grove
United States
SS Saganaga
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
An ore carrier torpedoed at the Bell Island anchorage in September 1942, now one of the most-dived WWII wrecks in Conception Bay.
SS Rose Castle
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A large ore carrier sunk by a U-boat off Bell Island in November 1942, lying deep and largely intact.
PLM 27
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A Free French ore carrier sunk in the November 1942 U-boat attack at Bell Island, and the shallowest of the four wrecks.
Light House
Egypt
Eel Garden
Egypt
الجزر
Egypt
East Abu Dabab 3
Egypt
Sataya South
Egypt
Shaab Maksour South
Egypt
Abu Galawa Soraya
Egypt
Torfi, Wadi Gamal
Egypt
Ras Shona
Egypt
The Bells
Egypt
Shark Reef
Egypt
Poseidon Reef
Egypt
Shag Rock
Egypt
Satellite Reef
Egypt
Bluff Point
Egypt
Ras Ghozlani
Egypt
Far Garden
Egypt
Jackfish Alley
Egypt
Near Garden
Egypt
Middle Garden
Egypt
Louilla
Egypt
Abu Echera
Egypt
Gota Sataia 1
Egypt
Shaab Said South
Egypt
Dahayla North
Egypt
Hausriff Zabargad Beach Resort
Egypt
Shaab Said Nord
Egypt
Sandy Island
Egypt
Gota Sataia 2
Egypt
Shaab Said North
Egypt
Abu Galawa Kebir
Egypt
Shaab Ini
Egypt
Salem Express
Egypt
Shaab Sabrina
Egypt
mooring place for dive boats
Shilineat
Egypt
Shaab Maksour North
Egypt
Shaab Sataya Amphoren
Egypt
Shaab Malahi
Egypt
Mövenpick Resort El Quseir Hausriff (El Quadim)
Egypt
Shaabruhr Umm Gamar
Egypt
Abu Dabab 6
Egypt
Golden Blocks
Egypt
Adantia K.
Egypt
Shaab Bohar Soraya
Egypt
Ras Abu Soma Garden
Egypt
Shaab Claudio
Egypt
Dahayla South
Egypt
Hamada
Egypt
Shaab Bohar Kebir Ost
Egypt
Tobia Hamra
Egypt