Lake Phoenix

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© Virginia Scuba, 20109 Manassas
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Lake Phoenix

★★★★☆ (28,512)

This is one of the clearest quarries on the East Coast. Diving here is fun for all levels of divers, with many intentionally sunk objects to explore.

Wildlife here is abundant. You can expect to see plenty of Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds, and Largemouth Bass. At night the Fry Bluegill are plenty along with Crawfish if you look closely!

Dive Activity

Courses and Events

Perfect Buoyancy

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most from every dive. Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time to perfect. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques, so you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed dive adventures. In this fascinating program, you will also learn new skills that protect the environment and work in every diving situation. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification. With better buoyancy skills, you will soon be able to hover with ease and take the underwater photographs you dream of!

16 February
EUR 239.57
USD 285.00

July 10, 11, & 12, 2026 3 Day Open Water Diver Certification-Lake Phoenix

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification. Sessions as follows: 1st day 8am Lake Phoenix Scuba Park 8am-4pm Classroom & Confined Water Dives, 2nd day Lake Phoenix 3rd day 8am-2pm Open Water Lake Phoenix This is a 3 day Open Water Diver class and includes e-learning, cassroom, onfined, & open water dives. You can also take your Nitrox e-learning at a discount rate at another time, if you purchase the bundle. Price includes full Open Water class. You will need to purchase Fins, Boots, Mask, Snorkel, Antifog, and DSMB(safety Device) for this class.

10 July +2 More
EUR 836.40
USD 995.00

August 17, 18, 19, 2026 3 Day Open Water Diver Certification-Lake Phoenix

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification. Sessions as follows: 1st day 8am Lake Phoenix Scuba Park 8am-4pm Classroom & Confined Water Dives, 2nd day Lake Phoenix 3rd day 8am-2pm Open Water Lake Phoenix This is a 3 day Open Water Diver class and includes e-learning, cassroom, onfined, & open water dives. You can also take your Nitrox e-learning at a discount rate at another time, if you purchase the bundle. Price includes full Open Water class. You will need to purchase Fins, Boots, Mask, Snorkel, Antifog, and DSMB(safety Device) for this class.

17 August +2 More
EUR 836.40
USD 995.00

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 19

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Bass
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Total number of species: 3

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Perch
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Total number of species: 600

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Crayfish
849 Sightings
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Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

Lynnhaven Dive Center

1413 N Great Neck Road, 23454 Virginia Beach, VA - USA

Diventures Raleigh

3651 Bastion Lane, 27604 Raleigh, NC - USA

Scuba Venture Inc

2501 Penn Ave, 19609 Reading, PA - USA

Tri-City SCUBA, Tri-City SCUBA, LLC

2025 Boulevard, 23834 Colonial Heights, VA - USA

Woodbridge Scuba

4333 Dale Blvd, 22193 Woodbridge, VA - USA

Virginia Scuba

6884 Wellington Road, 20109 Manassas, VA - USA

Lake Hickory Scuba Inc.

420 Taylorsville Beach Ct., 28681 Taylorsville, NC - USA

Chesapeake Bay Dive & Aquatic Center

1725 Laskin Road, 23454 Virginia Beach, VA - USA

NADCO Inc.

4719-B West Gate City Blvd, 27407 Greensboro, NC - USA

Diventures Marietta

2714 Sandy Plains Rd, 30066 Marietta, GA - USA

Submerged Inc.

12712 Rock Creek Mill Rd Suite 3A, 20852 Rockville, MD - USA

Aquatrek Adventures

30 Mill Lane, 24153 Salem, VA - USA

George Mason University

4400 University Drive, 22030 Fairfax, VA - USA

Dive Sites Nearby

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Camel Rock (★4.4)

Asan, 30-130’+. Salvage area used to dump hundreds of WWII ammunition and artifacts. Very interesting historical dive. The steep drop off is host to numerous sea fans
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

King’s Corner (★4.1)

King’s Corner is fabulous! A favorite of many! The top reef line is at 55ft/17m but its sweet spot is around 60-90ft / 18-28m. You can reach another sand line at 100ft/30m. Its best to visit here when its calm because viz can be less than 40ft /11m and a current is common.
Adventures in Diving STX, 00840 Frederiksted

King’s Alley (★4.4)

King’s Alley is 45 to 100 feet and next to the dive site King’s Reach Reef. There is a graduated slope of coral, sponges, and various saltwater fish. This site is great for beginners to advanced due to the underwater topography. Take care in the ascent as there are many boats in the area.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Alien Nation (★4.6)

Alien Nation is out of this world! Mooring line sits at depth of 45ft/14m. Reef slopes westerly until a sandy bottom at 90ft/28m. The sweet spot here is around 50-70ft / 15-20m range.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Tide Bottle (★4.6)

Tide Bottle’s mooring line sits above a depth of 40ft/11m along a sandy reef line. Reef slopes west to 100ft/30m. Best reef & sponges are at 50-80ft/ 15-25m. Great spot to see stingrays, turtles, eels, & spear lionfish. Be aware of possible currents.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

The Aquarium in St Croix (★4.6)

Aquarium Reef is a beautiful dive site that gets its name from the abundance of diverse Caribbean sea life making its home on this stretch of patchy reef. Colorful “aquarium fish” of all kinds, including juveniles, can be found here. Depth is from 30-80ft/10-25m, with a mooring line over a depth of 40ft /12m.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Tres Amigos (★4.3)

Tres Amigos is the very end of the Frederiksted Pier where you can explore the growth and fish that call the 3 large concrete columns home. The depth is 90ft/27m and its approximately 1550ft/470m from the shoreline. Its a long kick out, so best to explore from a boat.
Mares

Triton’s Anchor (★4.5)

The anchor is sitting loose on the seafloor in about 25 feet of water. It is believed that the anchor may be a small ship’s boat anchor or a small boat’s bower anchor. The date range is estimated to be 17th to 19th century.
Neil D. (#3039000)

Frederiksted Pier (★4.5)

One of the top macro dives anywhere! Scattered ruins and columns are coral encrusted and provide habitat for many types of shallow sea life. The pier is 1526ft/465m long so lots to discover with a gradual westerly decline. Perfect for snorkeling & non-certified divers too.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Cables (★4.2)

Spectacular patch reef with cables crisscrossing through coral and sponge growth. The surrounding area is mostly sandy bottom, so all of the wildlife congregates on the patch reef.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Sprat Hole (★4.8)

Sprat Hole is a shallow dive site from 25-40 ft/8-24m with a reef and sandy bottom. Its named after the nearby Sprat Hall Plantation which overlooks it from shore. Head west for a gradual decline to deeper depths of 60ft/18m. Great for beginners and non-certified divers.
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.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Shallow Wrecks at Butler Bay (★4.4)

Made up of four individual wrecks all resting in the sandy bottom with depths ranging from 50-90ft/15-27m. The Suffolk Maid trawler, Virgin Islander oil barge, North Wind tugboat, & Aegir Habitat cylinder. Two mooring lines are available, one on the North Wind tug & other on the Suffolk Maid trawler.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Deep Wrecks at Bulter Bay (★4.6)

The Deep Wrecks of Butler Bay rest at depths from 70-100 ft/21-30m. This site contains two shipwrecks, the Rosaomaira, a 177 ft/54m long freighter, and the Coakley Bay, an old tugboat. Ships are close to each other & sitting upright for easy exploration and photos. Mooring line is tied to the Coakley Bay.
Adventures in Diving STX, 00840 Frederiksted

North Star (★4.4)

West of Cane Bay, there are two profiles - east and west. To the east, it is nearly vertical in places. To the west, there are several spur and groove coral formations. This site is accessible by shore or boat. A short narrow path cut through the brush along shoreline provides access.
Nep2une Scuba Diving, 00840 Frederiksted

Emerald Gardens St Croix USVI (★3.9)

Emerald Gardens is neighbor to Cane Bay’s The Wall dive site. Its also home to Seabiscuit, carousal horse, which lies at a depth of 30ft/10m. Head north to a slope to 60ft/18m then The Wall begins and drops past recreation limits! (about 13,000 ft /3962m deep!)
Adventures in Diving STX, 00840 Frederiksted

Cane Bay (★4.6)

Accessible from north shore road at Cane Bay Beach. 600ft/200m kick out to buoy at depth 25ft/7.5m, steep slope to 65ft/20m, then a vertical wall dropping down to over 2,000ft/600m. It’s a beautiful dive. Sometimes reef sharks at the drop off. Be on alert if you are spearing lionfish.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

French Cap Pinnacle (★4.8)

French Cap is absolutely a staff personal favorite dive site! It is close to the south drop, so there is always a surprise waiting for us; big fish and lots of them. This site is deeper than our typical sites, nearing 100 feet, and the dive takes place around a central pinnacle.
Mares

Wye Reef (★4.4)

Reef located at the Southwest corner of Buck Island/ Shipwreck Cove. This reef is formed on the rock that has fallen into the bay from the higher bluff. This dive is 30-50 feet deep depending on the route you take.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

Buck Island Point (Submarine Alley) (★4.5)

Buck island point can be dived both as a stationary dive returning to the boat which would remain at the mooring, or as a drift dive into Shipwreck cove and finishing on a different mooring. The max depth is 80ft and average depth of 65ft.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

Cartanza Wreck (★4.5)

Beginner wreck dive where divers will see a small shipwreck of the Cartanza, which is broken into three pieces. Max depth on the wreck is 41 feet, with option to explore deeper reef extending to 60 feet. Many divers and snorkelers enjoy shipwreck cove as it is protected from wind, and there are many moorings.
Mares

Shipwreck Cove (★4.4)

Shipwreck Cove on Buck Island is the home of Cartanza, an old naval supply ship. This shipwreck offers excitement for new and experienced scuba divers alike. Snorkelers can also enjoy the site as the ship is clearly visible from the surface.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

Coral Bowl (★4.5)

Fish Bowl is a natural sand-filled bowl within a ring of volcanic boulders, covered with gorgonians and filled with corals, sponges, sea rods, and sea fans more common in deeper water. This site does get to 70+ feet/21+m and therefore is best for more intermediate level divers.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

Dive Flag Rock (★4.6)

Dive Flag Rock is a fascinating wall dive located just off of Buck Island. There are often curious Caribbean reef and nurse sharks that follow us on the dive! Keep your eyes peeled for flying spotted eagle rays and stingrays that frequent the area. Site image shows 1 of 3 available mooring balls.
Aqua Marine, 00802 St Thomas

Shark Bowl (★4.4)

Shark Bowl is a natural sand-filled bowl within a ring of volcanic boulders, covered with gorgonians and filled with corals, sponges, sea rods, and sea fans more common in deeper water. This site does get to 70+ feet/21+m and therefore is best for more intermediate level divers.