Index of recreational dive sites

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• Recreational dive sites – specific places that recreational divers go to enjoy the underwater environment or are used for training purposes.

A

• HMS A1 – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
• HMS A3 – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
• USS Aaron Ward – Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy
• Abessinia – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
• USS Accokeek
• HMAS Adelaide
• SS Admiral Sampson
• MV Adolphus Busch
• Aeolian Sky – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
• USS Aeolus
• Agat World War II Amtrac
• SS Ajax
• Albert C. Field – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
• USS Algol
• Aliwal Shoal – A rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Alondra
• Al Munassir
• Amaryllis
• Amed (Bali)
• SS America – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
• USS Anderson
• Andrea Doria – Genoa registered passenger liner of the Italian line sunk after a collision off Massachusetts
• Anilao – Marine protected sanctuary in Mabini, Batangas
• Antilla – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
• Antilles – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique
• Apo Island
• Apo Reef
• USS Apogon
• Aquila – British built cargo ship sunk off Ambon
• Aratama Maru
• USS Arkansas
• SS Arratoon Apcar
• Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park – Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
• USS Arthur W. Radford
• USS Atlanta

B

• Bay of Pigs
• HMAS Bayonet
• Belize Barrier Reef
• SS Ben Doran
• SS Benwood
• Bianca C. – Passenger ship sunk off Grenada
• SS Binnendijk
• Biscayne National Park
• HMSAS Bloemfontein
• Blue Grotto (Malta)
• Blue Hole (Red Sea)
• HMS Boadicea – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
• Boesmansgat
• Bohol Sea
• Booya – Three masted steel schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia
• Bowie Seamount
• Breda – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
• Brian Davis
• HMAS Brisbane – Perth-class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy sunk as a dive site off the Queensland coast
• HMHS Britannic
• Bud Bar
• Bunaken
• Bunaken National Park
• Bungsberg – German cargo ship sunk near Tallinn, Estonia

C

• Calve Island
• HMAS Canberra – Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled as dive site off Barwon Heads, Victoria
• Cancún Underwater Museum
• HMCS Cape Breton
• USCGC Cape Henlopen
• Capernwray Dive Centre – Flooded quarry in Lancashire, England, used as a recreational dive site.
• Captain Keith Tibbetts – Former Cuban Navy Koni II-class frigate scuttled in shallow water in Cayman Brac
• Capurganá
• Carl D. Bradley – Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
• USS Carlisle
• Carnatic – British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
• Carthaginian II
• SS Cedarville – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
• Cenote
• ROCS Chen Hai
• Chinhoyi Caves
• Christ of the Abyss
• Chuuk Lagoon – A sheltered body of water in the central Pacific in the Federated States of Micronesia
• Circle of Heroes
• Ċirkewwa
• SS City of Launceston
• HMCS Chaudière
• SS Clan Ranald
• Cliff Villa Peninsula
• Cod Hole
• USCGC Comanche
• Constandis
• HMAS Coogee
• SMS Cormoran
• HMS Coronation
• Coron Bay
• Cozumel
• Crusader
• USS Curb
• USCGC Cuyahoga

D

• Daedalus Reef
• MV Dania
• David Tucker
• Dean's Blue Hole
• Devil's Throat at Punta Sur – Underwater cave near Cozumel, Mexico
• Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park
• Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales.
• Dos Ojos
• Dosthill quarry, near Tamworth, Staffordshire
• Dragon Hole
• SMS Dresden – German light cruiser scuttled in Scapa Flow
• SS D.R. Hanna
• USCGC Duane
• Dunraven – British cargo vessel wrecked in the Gulf of Suez
• Dutch Springs, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• SS Dwight L. Moody

E

• Eagle
• Eastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall 1n 1917, now a dive site
• SS Eber Ward
• Eccleston Quarry
• Edithburgh jetty
• SS Edgar E Clark – American Liberty ship
• Edmonds Underwater Park
• El Ikhwa Islands
• HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
• Ellengowan – Schooner rigged single screw steamer which sank at moorings in Darwin, Australia
• Elphinstone Reef
• USS Emmons
• RMS Empress of Ireland – Ocean liner which sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River after a collision
• Engelbrecht Cave – Cave system in Mount Gambier, South Australia
• SS Espagne
• Eyemouth
• Ewens Ponds – Flooded sinkhole system in the south east of South Australia

F

• HMS Falmouth – Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by German submarines
• False Bay
• Fanadir
• Fifi – Tugboat that caught fire and sank in Bahrain
• Fossil Cave – A flooded cave in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia
• Fowey Rocks Light
• SS Francisco Morazan – German built cargo ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
• Frederiksted Pier
• French Reef
• Fujikawa Maru – Japanese armed transport ship sunk in Truk lagoon
• Japanese destroyer Fumizuki (1926) – Mutsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy sunk at Truk

G

• Gamul Kebir
• SMS Geier
• SATS General Botha
• USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg – US Navy transport ship sunk as artificial reef at Key West
• SS George Dewey
• Georg Thiele
• Għar Qawqla
• HMS Ghurka – Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
• Gibraltar Artificial Reef
• Gili Islands
• USS Gilliam
• Glen Strathallan –British ship scuttled in Plymouth sound as a dive site
• SAS Good Hope
• HMAS Goorangai
• Gothenburg – British steamship wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef
• Great Barrier Reef – Coral reef system off the east coast of Australia, World Heritage Site
• Great Blue Hole
• Green Banana Hole
• Great Southern Reef
• MV Gregory Poole
• Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve

H

• Haql
• MT Haven
• Hermann Künne
• HMS Hermes
• Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
• Hillsea Point Rock
• Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
• Hispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
• HMAS Hobart – Former guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled off Yankalilla Bay in South Australia
• Hol Chan Marine Reserve
• HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
• Hranice Abyss

I

• Igara – Bulk carrier wrecked off the east coast of Malaysia and partly salvaged
• USS Indra
• Inland Sea, Gozo
• SS Ironsides
• SS Isaac M. Scott
• iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area

J

• HMAS J1
• HMAS J2
• HMAS J4
• HMAS J5
• James Eagan Layne – Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
• Jordbrugrotta
• Jura

K

• Kashi Maru
• King Cruiser – Car ferry of that sank off the West Coast of Southern Thailand
• Kizugawa Maru – World War II-era Japanese freighter ship
• SMS Kronprinz – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
• Kyarra – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage

L

• Lady Thetis
• HMS Laforey – Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
• USS Lamson
• USAT Liberty – United States Army cargo ship torpedoed by Japanese submarine and beached on the island of Bali.
  • List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Little Blue Lake – Flooded sinkhole dive site in South Australia
• Loch Long
• Louis Sheid – Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
• USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site

M

• HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
• HMCS Mackenzie
• Magic Point
• Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
• Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
• Malapascua
• The Manacles
• Mantanani Islands
• HMS Maori – Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
• SS Maori
• Marguerite – French ship sunk in Lyme Bay in 1917. Now a dive site
• Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan – A group of WWII wrecks in the lagoon at Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands
• SMS Markgraf – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
• Martin's Haven
• SS Mauna Loa – Cargo steam-ship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
• USAT Meigs – United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
• Mendi – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
• MV Mercedes I
• Merkanti Reef
• Michigan Underwater Preserves
• Mikhail Lermontov – Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
• SS Milwaukee – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
• USS Mindanao
• SS Miowera
• USS Mizpah
• USCGC Mohawk – US Coastguard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida
• Mohegan – Steamer wrecked off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
• Molasses Reef
• RMS Moldavia – British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
• Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
• Molnár János Cave
• Molokini
• HMS Montagu – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy wrecked on Lundy Island
• MV RMS Mulheim – German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
• USS Muliphen

N

• Nagato – Super-dreadnought sunk by nuclear test in Bikini atoll
• National Diving and Activity Centre – Flooded quarry in Gloucestershire used as a recreational dive site
• Neptune Islands
• Nereo Cave
• HMCS Nipigon
• Nohoch Nah Chich

O

• Oceana – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
• Octopus Hole
• Oite
• USS Oriskany – Essex class aircraft carrier sunk to create an artificial reef
• Osborne Reef
• Oslofjord – Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
• Osprey Reef
• Ox Bel Ha
• Ozone

P

• P29 – Ship scuttled as dive site off Malta
• P31 – Minesweeper/patrol boat scuttled for use as a recreational dive site
• Palancar Reef – Coral reef off Cozumel, Mexico in the Caribbean sea
• SS Panay
• Panglao, Bohol
• SS Papoose
• Pearl and Hermes Atoll
• Pedernales – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, where part of the ship remains
• Persier – British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
• HMAS Perth – Guided missile destroyer of the Australian Navy, sunk as a dive site off Western Australia
• Pescador Island
• Petit Saint Vincent
• SS Pewabic
• Piccaninnie Ponds – Protected area near Mount Gambier in South Australia
• SAS Pietermaritzburg
• USS Pilotfish
• Piłsudski – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
• SS Pioneer
• USCGC Point Swift
• Pool Fisher – British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight
• Poor Knights Islands – Group of islands and marine reserve off the east coast of new Zealand's North Island
• Pope's Eye
• Porteau Cove Provincial Park
• Port Hughes jetty
• SS Port Kembla
• HMS Port Napier – Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
• Port Noarlunga jetty
• Portsea Hole
• President Coolidge – American ocean liner sunk by mines in the New Hebrides
• Preußen – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
• HMS Prince of Wales
• Protea banks – A reef about 7 km off the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Puerto Galera
• Punta Cana

Q

• PS Queen Victoria – Paddle steamer wrecked off the Baily Lighthouse, Ireland

R

• Radaas – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
•  Rainbow Warrior – Greenpeace vessel bombed by French intelligence service operatives in Auckland harbour, refloated and scuttled as a dive site
• USS Rankin
• SS Regina – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
• HMS Repulse
• RMS Rhone – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
• Riva Palacio
• Robben Island Marine Protected Area
• USS Rochester
• Rondo – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
• Rosehill – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
•  Royal Adelaide – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
• Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey
• Rozi – Tugboat scuttled as a dive site off Malta

S

• HMS Safari – Royal Navy S-class submarine sunk in the English Channel while on tow to shipbreakers
• HMCS Saguenay
• Sakawa
• Salem Express – Car and passenger ferry wrecked off the Egyptian coast
• San Andrés (island)
• Sanko Harvest
• San Pedro Nolasco Island
• USS Saratoga – US Navy aircraft carrier sunk by nuclear weapon testing at Bikini atoll
• HMCS Saskatchewan
• Sardine run – Annual fish migration off the shores of South Africa
• Scapa Flow
• USS Scrimmage
• USS Scuffle – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel
• HMS Scylla – Royal Navy frigate sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall
• Second Valley
• Shaʽb Abu Nuħas
• Shadwan Island
• Shark River Reef
• Ship cemetery at Ekenabben
• HMS Sidon – Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
• Silfra
• Similan Islands
• Sipadan
• Socorro Island
• Sodwana Bay – A National Park with marine protected area on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
• Sound of Mull
• South Channel Fort
• USCGC Spar
• USS Spiegel Grove – US Navy dock landing ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
• St Abbs
• St. Crispin's Reef
• Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
• Stanwood – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939, now a recreational dive site
• Stella – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets
• SS Stepas Darius – Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
• Stoney Cove – Flooded quarry in Leicestershire used for scuba diving
• Sund Rock
• HMAS Swan – Australian "River" class destroyer sunk as a dive site off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia

T

• Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine protected area around the coast of the Cape Peninsula
• Taganga
• USCGC Tamaroa
• USS Tarpon – US Navy Submarine which foundered south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrap yard.
• Te Poporo / Bulli Point
• Texas Clipper
• Thesis – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
• Thistlegorm – British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Thunderbolt Wreck
• Toa Maru – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
• Torrey Canyon – Suezmax Class oil tanker wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall
• SAS Transvaal
• MV Treasure
• Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa
• Tubbataha Reef
• HMNZS Tui
• Tulagi – Small island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
• Tulamben

U

• U-40 – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
• U-352 – German submarine sunk by depth charges south of Morehead City, North Carolina
• U-1195 – German submarine sunk by antisubmarine mortar to the southeast of the Isle of Wight
• Um El Faroud – Libyan owned tanker scuttled as dive site off Malta
• Utila

V

• Varvassi – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
• USS Vermilion
• Ve Skerries
• SS Vienna – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior

W

• HMNZS Waikato
• Wakatobi Regency
• Wakulla Springs
• Walter L M Russ – German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
• Wardang Island
• Washingtonian (1913) – American freighter that sank off Delaware after a collision
• Wazee Lake
• Weh Island
• HMNZS Wellington – Leander class frigate sunk as artificial reef off Wellington, New Zealand
• Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly
• Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve – A reserve to protect and conserve shipwrecks and historical resources in Lake Superior
• USS Wilkes-Barre
• Wolf Rock
• Wreck Alley, San Diego – Recreational dive area with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs

Y

• USS Yancey – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North Carolina
• YO-257
• Yongala – Australian registered passenger ship that sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia
• HMCS Yukon

Z

• Zacatón
• Zenobia – RO-RO ferry that capsized and sank near Larnaca, Cyprus
• Zealandia – Australian cargo and passenger steamship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
• Zingara – Cargo vessel wrecked in the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea

See also

• Glossary of underwater diving terminology