Wreck
down to 40 m
Hidden gem
Nordhusia Underwater Village
Sundhäuser See, Germany
An artificial underwater village at about 10 m with church, graveyard and gallows, plus a fishing-boat wreck at 21 m in the same lake.
- Open Water
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Wreck
down to 18 m
Porteau Cove
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
Shore-dive a buoy-marked area of man-made reefs and two sunken vessels in 6-18 m of water in a BC provincial park.
- Open Water
- Lingcod
Wreck
down to 5 m
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve
Florida Keys, United States
The oldest shipwreck on the Shipwreck Trail, a Spanish treasure ship in 18 ft of water off Indian Key.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 29 m
San Pedro Wreck
Oahu, United States
A smaller wreck sunk in 1996 for Atlantis Submarines' reef project, dived alongside the YO-257 off Waikiki and full of life.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Wreck
down to 35 m
Shark & Yolanda Reef
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Ras Mohammed's twin reefs: snappers form a tornado-like wall and summer brings schools of jacks, tuna and batfish.
- Advanced
- Grey reef sharks
Wreck
down to 29 m
SS Mohegan (The Manacles)
Plymouth & South Cornwall, United Kingdom
The best-known and most dived wreck on the Manacles, broken among rocks covered in gorgonian fans, dead man's fingers and jewel anemones.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 30 m
SS Persier
Plymouth & South Cornwall, United Kingdom
A 122 m wartime steamer, diveable at any state of tide, home to schools of bib and pollack and pink sea fans.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 70 m
SS President Coolidge
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
A 200 m WWII troopship lying from 20 to 70 m, reached from the beach; dives typically involve deco stops.
- Experienced
- Barracuda
Wreck
down to 21 m
SS Volnay
Plymouth & South Cornwall, United Kingdom
A First World War cargo wreck in 21 m off Porthkerris, non-tidal, where shell cases, lead balls or cordite still turn up.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 42 m
The Lucy
Pembrokeshire & Skomer, United Kingdom
An intact Dutch coaster lost in 1967 off Skomer, its bows covered in plumose and daisy anemones.
- Experienced
- Anemones
Wreck
down to 30 m
Ultrafreeze Wreck
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Deep current-swept wreck at 30 m off Cancún for experienced divers, with snappers, groupers, eagle rays and turtles.
- Experienced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 46 m
USNS Vandenberg
Florida Keys, United States
A Key West wreck in 70–140 ft with often excellent visibility, where barracuda, goliath grouper and pelagic visitors appear.
- Experienced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 23 m
USS Kittiwake
Cayman Islands
A former US Navy submarine-rescue ship sunk as an artificial reef in 2011, now home to hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 17 m
Volonta
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A 1955 Italian cargo wreck lying on its side at 17 m off Ouessant, torn open by the Iroise currents and home to pouting and pollock.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 30 m
Aeolian Sky
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
A 1979 cargo-ship wreck lying on its port side in 29 m, with most of the hull intact and the holds still full of cargo.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 30 m
Alma Jane Wreck
Puerto Galera, Philippines
A cargo ship scuttled in 2003, resting at 25–30 m with batfish, sweetlips and soft coral.
- Advanced
- Batfish
Wreck
down to 28 m
Hidden gem
Aqaba Underwater Military Museum
Aqaba, Jordan
Nineteen decommissioned tanks, helicopters and guns laid out on the seabed a few dozen metres from shore.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 37 m
Arabia
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
An 1853 three-masted barque that sank in 1884 and now rests upright at about 32 m.
- Experienced
Wreck
down to 15 m
Benwood
Florida Keys, United States
A leisurely shallow wreck dive, max about 40 ft, with schools of porkfish, goatfish and schoolmaster snapper.
- Open Water
- Snappers
Wreck
down to 24 m
Betsy Anna
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
An upright 1892 steamer in 24 m about 5 miles east of Swanage, lost under tow in 1926 after striking Prawle Point.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 25 m
C-53 Wreck (Felipe Xicotencatl)
Cozumel, Mexico
Wreck sunk as an artificial reef, 10–25 m, covered in corals and sponges with black grouper and cubera snapper.
- Advanced
- Groupers
Wreck
down to 18 m
Chesil Cove
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
Shore dive down ledges from 3 to 18 m off Chesil's pebble bank, with cuttlefish, wrasse, pipefish and the remains of a landing craft and the Royal Adelaide.
- Open Water
- Rays
Wreck
down to 15 m
Churchill Barrier 3 blockships
Scapa Flow (Orkney), United Kingdom
Walk-in shore dive to blockships including the Empire Seaman, Martis and Gartshore, used for drysuit courses, to 15 m.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 9 m
Conception Harbour Whaling Wrecks
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
Shore dive to whaling wrecks: the Southern Foam and Sukha lie in about thirty feet of water just off the stranded SS Charcot.
- Open Water