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North America Dive Destinations
Dive Locations in North America
Explore the sunken forests of the Arkansas Lakes surrounded by the beautiful USA Interior Highlands.
The popular sate of California offers rich kelp forests, reefs, excellent whale watching opportunities and The Channel Islands -California's answer the The Galapagos.
Experience the warm waters and clear visibility of Florida, offering everything from beautiful reefs, wrecks, caves and even sinkholes to explore.
The pacific paradise of Hawaii offers amazing and diverse diving from underwater lava tunnels, whale sharks, colourful reefs, wrecks, dolphins and fish.
The majority of scuba diving in Minnesota is in one of the many lakes on offer, with conditions varying depending on the time of year.
The state of Missouri is a hidden gem for cave & cavern divers, and is the perfect location for the more experienced diver.
Nevada is a landlocked state so all scuba diving happens in the freshwater rivers and lakes, usually during the summer months.
New Hampshire offers great fresh water diving in Lake Winnipesaukee as well as coastal diving around the beautiful Isles of Shoals in the Atlantic.
Scuba diving in New Jersey is a wreck diver's treasure, with thousands of exciting wrecks available to recreational and tec divers.
New Mexico, although landlocked, has some of North America's best dive sites ranging from stunning lakes to reservoirs and rivers.
New York's best diving is on the many artificial reefs that are well maintained by the local community to develop fisheries habitat for anglers and divers.
North Carolina is often regarded as the wreck capital of North America with crystal clear waters offering an array of well conditioned ship wrecks.
Nova Scotia waters are home to a great variety of marine life and an incredible collection of shipwrecks for divers to explore in the summer months.
The state of Ohio sits in the Midwest and has some great scuba diving locations including Lake Erie, home to a large number of historic shipwrecks.
Scuba diving in Oklahoma is very different to diving elsewhere in North America as all the diving is in fresh water lakes or Rivers.
Oregon sits in the Pacific Northwest and is home to some hidden diving gems including Crater Lake and Waldo Lake.
Pennsylvania offers a number of scuba diving opportunities in state park lakes as well as Lake Erie & Susquehanna River.
From the salt water of the Lower St. Lawrence with its seals, whales and anemones, to the historical wrecks of the Thousand Islands.
Rhode Island, situated between Massachusetts and Connecticut, is known as The Ocean State because it has almost 400 miles of beautiful coastline.
South Carolina is a scuba diver's paradise all year round and is home to a number of dive sites providing real adventure both in the lakes and on the coast.
Tennessee offers a surprisingly good range of dive opportunities for a land-locked state including the ability to cross the border underwater into Kentucky.
Scuba diving in Texas provides many opportunities, both inland and in the Gulf of Mexico. The lakes in Texas are crystal clear, offer amazing diving options.
Utah provides a large variety of scuba diving opportunities for divers of all skill levels including Homestead Crater, Flaming Gorge and Fish Lake.
Diving in Vermont focusses around Lake Champlain and there a number of great wreck dives in the state, however they do require diver registration.
Virginia provides a range of exciting diving experiences including Lake Rawlings, Lynnhaven, Chesapeake Bay and Lake Millbrook.
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