Xplore Scuba
29715 Fort Mill
SC - USA
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★★★★☆ Gray Quarry
Gray Quarry is a 501-c3 non-profit organization that seeks to promote the sport of scuba diving by providing a safe family-friendly fun environment for recreational scuba diving and training. All money from dive entry fees goes to maintaining the quarry and making dive site improvements.
★★★★☆ junkyard - South Carolina
This site provides something for divers of all levels. While there are numerous sunken boats, the main attraction is the Chinese Junk imported decades ago and after multiple sinkings finally came to reset here. Other entertaining sites here include vending machines, tic-tac-toe table, and Halloween cemetery.
★★★★☆ American Quarry
American Quarry is the flagship quarry for the PDRA. (Piedmont Diving Rescue Association). The Quarry is 65’ deep at the pit with many objects to dive on.
★★★★☆ Hot Hole - Lake Keowee
This is a great place to extend your diving because of the warmer water in the wintertime, also making this a great place to do Open Water training in the winter.
★★★★★ Georgia Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium is one of the most renowned aquariums in the United States located in Atlanta, Georgia. This aquarium displays hundreds of different animal species amongst seven themed galleries.
★★★★☆ Blue Stone Dive Resort
We’re not just another quarry. We are a Dive Facility. We are located 6 miles off Interstate 85 in Thomasville, North Carolina. Blue Stone has a full service Dive center equipped with one of the most modern computer analyzed air fill station with a storage capacity of 80,000 cubic feet.
★★★★☆ Lake Jocassee
Lake Jocassee is a man-made lake. The lake is over 360 feet deep with visibility ranging from 20 feet to over 50 feet at depth. There are several ramps here, one is set aside for divers and there is enough to keep divers coming back again and again.
★★★★☆ Cooper River South Carolina
The Cooper River... offers divers the unique experience of searching the bottom of the river for giant megalodon fossilized shark teeth, whale fossils, mastodon fossils and many other fossils. There is also a great opportunity here for the treasure hunters searching for Indian artifacts, Colonial artifacts, etc.
★★★★☆ Lake Murray Irmo Side “Rhett’s Reef“
Known as Rhett’s Reef dive site is located at the north end of the Lake Murray Dam in the Lake Murray Dam North Recreational Area, 9 minutes from Wateree Dive Center. Street address 2101 N Lake Dr, Columbia, SC 29212. Water entry is via the stairs located to the left when entering picnic area from the parking lot.
★★★★☆ Papoose (Wreck)
The Papoose is a 412-foot tanker that was torpedoed by the U-124 on March 18, 1942. The ship is largely intact and rests upside down in 125 feet of water.
★★★★☆ Aeolus (Wreck)
The Aeolus is a great wreck dive. It is usually dive #2 after U-352. It is still about a 20-mile ride from Beaufort, NC. The bottom is about 100 feet deep, but where you hover most of the time is about 90 feet. There is an abundance of fish and Grey Nurse Sharks. (aka, Sand Tiger Sharks.)
★★★★☆ Devil’s Fork State Park
Lake Jocassee is a beautiful mountain lake nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. Divers here will typically experience 5’-30 foot visibility and a wide variety of depths, terrain, and temperatures.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 - 18:30 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
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