Diving in United States: 604 dive shops

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Travel to United States of America travel

Just visit the U.S once and you will know why so many people choose to visit America each year. From its natural wonders to its exclusive and sometimes amazing culture you will get everything for your wanderlust. The USA is well-known for its iconic landmarks – The Statue of Liberty, Hollywood Sign, and Golden Gate Bridge – but it's also a place of implausible hospitality, wide open spaces and wonderful natural beauty. That's 50 states that give out exceptional holiday experiences and offer infinite choices for every type of traveler. It doesn't matter if you're visiting for the first time or returning for another go, you're certain to depart with lots of memorable moments.

Diving in United States of America

Regardless of what part of the United States you plan to visit, you’ll get a remarkable range of great dives that will keep you coming back for more. From shark-filled North Carolina wrecks to California’s kelp beds, the sheer number and diversity of dive sites in the United States is amazing. Saltwater diving off the Florida Keys near Key Largo is the most simply reachable and famous diving in the United States. Florida's coasts present a salty taste of the warm, clear turquoise waters reminiscent of the Caribbean Sea to the south. California's Pacific Ocean is deep and cold. The Channel Islands off the beautiful city of Santa Barbara offers some of the best kelp forest diving in the Pacific.

Dive regions in United States of America (8)

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands National Park protects five islands off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura, California, with roughly half of its area lying underwater.

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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects the waters surrounding the Florida Keys archipelago, including North America's only barrier coral reef.

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Graveyard of the Atlantic (North Carolina)

A stretch of the North Carolina coast around Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks, known as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' for the more than 5,000 shipwrecks recorded there since 1526.

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Kona Coast

The leeward Kona Coast of Hawai'i Island (Big Island) is world-renowned for its manta ray night dives, where divers illuminate the water to attract plankton and, in turn, large manta rays.

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Molokini

Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater off Maui that forms one of Hawaii's most famous diving and snorkeling destinations and a protected Marine Life Conservation District.

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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is a federally protected marine area along California's central coast and one of the largest national marine sanctuaries in the United States, popular with scuba divers for its…

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Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a large estuarine sound system in Washington State, part of the Salish Sea, noted for its cold, nutrient-rich waters and marine life such as the giant Pacific octopus and wolf eel.

Coastline

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Santa Catalina Island

Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles County, California, is a long-established scuba diving and snorkeling destination known for clear water and its Casino Point dive park at Avalon.

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