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Indian Rock (★4.1)

Considered the jewel of Emerald Bay, Indian Rock is full of amazing rocky outcroppings and kelp beds in the heart of Catalina Island. It’s a popular mooring spot for pleasure boats so be aware of boat traffic in this area. It’s best dived via boat charter as it’s a bit too far to swim from shore.

SSI USA West Coast Training Center - no certs -, 33487 Boca Raton

Casino Point Dive Park (★4.5)

Casino Point Dive Park, also known as the Avalon Underwater Dive Park, is the most popular dive site on Catalina Island and one of the most popular dive sites in all of Southern California. Catalina Island is only accessible via private boat or ferry from the mainland so check ferry schedules.

Force-E, 33404 Riviera Beach

Blue Heron Bridge at Phil Foster Park (★4.3)

One of the most popular dive sites in South Florida, Blue Heron Bridge is an easily accessible shore dive sitting just under the Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach. SPECIAL NOTE: check the tide schedule as this dive can only be made during slack tide otherwise currents will be too strong through the bay.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Molokini Crater (★4.5)

Sitting just off the Hawaiian island of Maui, Molokini Crater is probably one of the most famous places to dive in all of Hawaii. This former crater is accessible by boat dive departing from Maui. This is a very busy dive site but there are several different areas to dive.

The Black Anchor Scuba Diving & Snorkeling, 00603 Aguadilla

Aguadilla (★4.2)

It is located at a depth of 0 to 40 feet, it can be reached from the shore, the bottom is sandy. To enjoy what it has, it is recommended to use nitrox, so you can stay longer at depth. Perfect for night dives.

Mares

Permit Ledges (★4.2)

This is the most southern ball on Molasses Reef. This is a great start for a drift dive from the south end of the reef all the way to the north end. The average depth is about 25 feet and you can easily navigate to fire coral cave to reach a swim through.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Old Garden Beach (★4.1)

Sandy beach with a line of moderately sized boulders after a slight swim offshore. Max depth 45-50 feet. Parking is about 100 yards away from the entry.

Mares

City of Washington (Wreck) (★4.3)

The most popular wreck on Elbow Reef is the City of Washington. As this ship was being towed in 1917, the City of Washington struck Elbow Reef and sank within minutes. This wreck is greatly deteriorated, although the hull and keel shapes are still visible. Debris spans an area 325 feet in length.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Black Rock - Hawaii (★4.4)

Right off the beach of the Black Rock Sheraton Resort sits one of the best turtle dives on the island of Maui. You are guaranteed to see at least 5-10 green sea turtles on this dive. Max depth is only around 35 feet.

Scubapro

La Jolla Cove (★3.9)

Just around the corner from one of Southern California’s most popular dive sites, La Jolla Shores, sits La Jolla Cove, the playground for a resident group of sea lions. This site is rockier and has kelp so it’s much different than its La Jolla Shores neighbor.

Nikki M. (#2162199)

Eastern Sambo Reef (★3.9)

20 minutes directly south of Key West is the Eastern Sambo Reef. This reef is located inside the Western Sambo Ecological Reserve and is fully protected from all types of fishing. The reef is approximately nine square miles of spur-and-groove type coral formations. The reef ranges from 10-4 feet’ in depth.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

French Reef (★4.2)

French Reef is a Sanctuary Protected Area located about seven miles southeast of Key Largo. It ranges in depth from about fifteen feet to forty feet. It’s known for having winding channels and a plethora of fun swim throughs.

Mares

Camp Emerald Bay (★4.2)

Camp Emerald Bay is home to a long time Boy Scouts of America camp and one of the most popular dive sites on Catalina Island. This is an easy entry dive site from the beach with a gently sloping bottom and beautiful kelp forest right offshore.

Scubapro

SS Copenhagen (Wreck) (★4.3)

This is a true wreck off the coast of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea that’s over 100 years old, sinking in 1900. It was a 325-foot steamer sitting in only 15-30 feet of waters so this is a great snorkel as well as a dive.

Milena G. (#3103062)

Neptune Memorial Reef (★4.4)

Neptune Memorial Reef is situated just offshore from Miami in about 45 feet of water and is one of the most unique dive sites on the planet. It’s an underwater cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques, and even benches.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Horseshoe Reef - Florida (★4.2)

This patchy reef site sits just north of the famous Christ of the Abyss dive site, offshore from Key Largo and is one of the most diverse dive areas in the Keys.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

San Clemente Island (★4.5)

San Clemente Island is Southern California’s best-kept secret. Most divers opt for the more popular Catalina Island or go south to the Coronados, but San Clemente is a great place to go on a short liveaboard trip from San Diego.

Travis W. (#104545)

Snapper Ledge Reef (★4.3)

This sight has two high profile ledges, one sitting at about 25 feet and the other at about 35 feet. This used as a coral out planting site for staghorn and elkhorn. You can also find a small swim through!

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Sombrero Reef (★4.1)

Sombrero Reef is a designated SPA area and is one of the more popular scuba diving and Florida Keys snorkeling destinations in Marathon. The area’s name is derived from the 142’ lighthouse which is located in the northern section of the SPA region.

Ranata W. (#4302472)

Makena Landing (★4.2)

Makena Landing offers divers access to one of the best and most unique dive sites on the island of Maui. This area is home to numerous ledges and grottos, and actually encompasses a few different individual dive sites known as 5 caves/5 graves, turtle town, and turtle arch.

Aqualung

Grecian Rocks (★4.2)

Grecian Rocks is a beautiful Sanctuary Protected Area. At low tide the top of the reef is actually above the water’s surface which is how it got its name. The max depth is 30 feet on the diving side of the reef. The inside is ideal for snorkelers as the reef protects them from wave action and it’s only 15ft.

Mares

Loblolly Cove (★4.0)

Great topography defines this site; you’ll get to see a ledge of boulders that range in size, home to all manner of marine life, with the bottom ranging from sand to gravel at various points. Unfortunately parking is a slight challenge, but the dive is well worth it.

Stacy M. (#3997477)

Koloa Landing (★4.3)

Koloa Landing is located in Hanaka’ape Bay, Kauai and is a very popular dive site, especially for scuba instruction. The entry is easy, and there is plenty to see to the left and right of the landing.

Aqualung

Datura (★4.4)

This site is located at El Prado Park in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. This dive site is excellent for divers and snorkelers alike. The beach access has fresh water showers, a garden hose, and a bench with cutouts for tanks. This site starts when you reach the swim buoy and continues East for about 100 yards.

Mares

North North Dry Rocks (★4.2)

This reef has two mooring balls and is laid out like fingers where you can go up and down different channels. There is a natural swim through as well. This reef is close to horseshoe and has an abundance of wildlife.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Shaws Cove (★3.9)

Shaws Cove is one of the most popular dive sites in Orange County, California. It’s an excellent shore diving site, easily accessible from Fairview Street and Cliff Drive. The stairway off of Cliff Drive is the easiest way to access the beach but use the handrails, the sand on the stairs can get very slippery.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

San Miguel Island (★4.0)

San Miguel Island is one of the four main islands that make up the Channel Islands National Park system. Boat diving is the only way to access this island and liveaboard is the best way to dive this area.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Cathedral II (★4.5)

Cathedral #2, located off the coast of Lanai. It is a charter available on Monday and Saturday. This site is one of the most desired dive sites. It is about an hour boat ride across the channel. You will want to have a flashlight for this dive.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Santa Cruz Island (★4.2)

Santa Cruz Island is the largest and most topographically diverse of the eight Channel Islands. The island is split into East and West; the east end of Santa Cruz Island is owned by the National Park Service and the west by the Nature Conservancy. Both are available for diving, accessible only by boat.

Mares

9 Foot Stake (★4.2)

15 minutes south of Key West, FL lies 9 Foot Stake Reef. This reef is located next to Marker 32 Reef and is located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary System; however, fishing and spearfishing are allowed. The depth of this reef ranges from 15’-30’.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Lulu Reef (★4.3)

Not to be confused with its close, more popular neighbor Eagle Reef, Lulu Reef is a series of three rock pinnacles inside Eagle Reef on the mainland of Catalina Island’s west end. Since it is a bit off shore it’s best reached by boat.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Pebble Beach - Massachusetts (★3.9)

Off the east coast of the United States, Pebble Beach is an easy entry shore dive with two bands of boulders along a gravel bottom, each running parallel to the shore,and provide interesting marine life and a fun ~25 foot dive. Parking is not complicated.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Captain Arnos Reef (★4.2)

Huge schools of rainbow, midnight, and blue parrotfish off the west side. You will typically find green eels and nurse sharks under the ledges of this patch reef.

Mares

Crater Jr. (★4.2)

30-50’ – Not as deep as Crater but with similar features with a sandy area surrounded by spur and groove coral fingers. One of the few places we have seen batfish.

Mares

First Cathedral (★4.6)

Just off of Maui sits the small island of Lanai. You can stay on this island but most people opt for staying on Maui and then taking a dive charter over to Lanai just for the day. First Cathedral is Lanai’s most popular dive site featuring a two-story underwater cavern that will take your breath away.

Scubapro

Cannonball Cut (★3.9)

6 miles to the south of Key West is Cannonball Cut. This dive site does not have a mooring ball which makes it a good place for drift diving. This site consists of continuing fields of coral. Maximum depth is 18m/60 feet. This site is good for drift diving as well as lionfish hunting.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Eye of the needle (★4.3)

Similar to The Cable this famous outer reef dive site is prolific with marine life and enormous sponges. Its iconic sewing needle coral heads you can swim through lead to its name. No Mooring balls. Deeper Spur and groove coral formations similar to dive site: The Aquarium.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Eagle Ray Alley (★4.3)

Eagle Ray Alley is located between North Star and The Winch Hole dive sites. This shallow site consists of a large of sand channel that runs seaward from Molasses Shallow to Logan’s Run. The high relief coral ledges on either side of the channel have deep undercuts offering protection for a variety of marine life.

Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Armageddon (★4.6)

Apocalyptic mayhem at 80ft/24m, remnants of the old Frederiksted pier that was destroyed in Hurricane Hugo were dumped on this site. Lots of beams, tires and twisted steel to explore. Some reef sharks get a little close on this dive. Sea floor is at 101ft/30m.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Isthmus Reef (★4.3)

Isthmus Reef is a popular dive site on Catalina Island reachable only by boat. It’s a great site for open water students and newer divers due to its sheltered location and shallow depth.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Aquarium (★4.4)

Aquarium is a gorgeous dive site located on Molasses Reef. It always has a plethora of fish life around the high-profile coral formations. While current can sometimes be a factor to consider here, the coral is high enough to hide behind for the majority of the dive.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Hole in the Wall (★4.3)

Located near the winch hole on Molasses Reef on mooring ball 8 on the North end of the reef. Small, natural swim through in the reef structure that has an average depth of about 20 feet.

Aqualung

Anglin Pier Ledge (★4.0)

The reef here runs parallel to the shoreline (north and south) and is a great shallow second dive when heading back from the deeper wreck dives of South Florida. The north end of the reef has some great habitat off to the west of the main ledge as well.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Hen Rock (★4.2)

A great dive site accessible by boat for all skill levels. Reef and sand bottom with depths vary from 15 to 85 feet on the outer pinnacles. Fun swim-throughs, schools of fish, mini-walls, and overhangs.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Mike’s Wreck (Hannah M. Bell) (★4.4)

One of the many wrecks of Elbow Reef, the Hannah M. Bell was for many years known as Mike’s Wreck. The shallow side is about 18 ft deep with the deeper side being about 30 ft. Perfect for reef divers, new divers, and a relaxing dive on an iconic wreck.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Carysfort Lighthouse Reef (★4.4)

Carysfort Reef is one of the more remote reefs in the Upper Keys and is the largest Sanctuary Protected Area in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It’s 2.2 square miles and, at the shallowest area, has a large lighthouse.

Mares

Ponquogue Bridge (★3.6)

The Old Ponquogue Bridge was replaced a few years back with a larger concrete bridge. The Old Bridge has been left intact to provide an area for diving and fishing; its also become a fish haven!

Aqualung

Eagle Reef (★4.1)

Eagle Reef is a large rocky structure teaming with life. This is an awesome kelp dive; Catalina Island at it’s finest. This site is only reachable by boat, either private or dive charter. Plan to dive in the morning before winds have a chance to kick up and watch for possible strong currents.

Rodney S. (#136650)

Winch Hole (★4.4)

The Winch Hole is a spectacular dive site that has high profile coral around a large pit. A massive winch it lies in the pit and makes for great photo opportunities.

Aqualung

Doctors Cove (★4.5)

Mainland side of Catalina Island just northwest of Emerald Bay. Your access is by boat only unless you have access to Boy Scout Camp onshore in which case you can dive it from shore or kayak. You will be looking at depths of 20 to 55 feet with an average visibility of 30 to 50 feet.

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