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Outline of recreational dive sites

Hierarchical outline list of articles about rereational dive sites

Recreational dive sites are specific places that recreational scuba divers go to enjoy the underwater environment or for training purposes. They include technical diving sites beyond the range generally accepted for recreational diving. In this context all diving done for recreational purposes is included. Professional diving tends to be done where the job is, and with the exception of diver training and leading groups of recreational divers, does not generally occur at specific sites chosen for their easy access, pleasant conditions or interesting features.

Recreational dive sites may be found in a wide range of bodies of water, and may be popular for various reasons, including accessibility, biodiversity, spectacular topography, historical or cultural interest and artifacts (such as shipwrecks), and water clarity. Tropical waters of high biodiversity and colourful sea life are popular recreational diving vacation destinations. South-east Asia, the Caribbean islands, the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia are regions where the clear, warm, waters, reasonably predictable conditions and colourful and diverse sea life have made recreational diving an economically important tourist industry.

Recreational divers may accept a relatively high level of risk to dive at a site perceived to be of special interest. Wreck diving and cave diving have their adherents, and enthusiasts will endure considerable hardship, risk and expense to visit caves and wrecks where few have been before. Some sites are popular almost exclusively for their convenience for training and practice of skills, such as flooded quarries. They are generally found where more interesting and pleasant diving is not locally available, or may only be accessible when weather or water conditions permit.

While divers may choose to get into the water at any arbitrary place that seems like a good idea at the time, a popular recreational dive site will usually be named, and a geographical position identified and recorded, describing the site with enough accuracy to recognise it, and hopefully, find it again. (Full article...)

Reef dive sites[edit]

In the context of recreational diving, a reef may be a coral reef or a bottom of predominantly consolidated inorganic material, like rocky reef, and in the broader sense includes artificial structures and even ships sunk as artificial reefs.

Reef diving regions are geographical regions of arbitrary size known for including more than one named reef dive site, while a reef dive site is a specific part of a reef known by a name, which recreational divers visit to dive.

Reef diving regions[edit]

• Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Aliwal Shoal – Rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Amed (Bali) – Group of fishing villages in Karangasem Regency on the north coast of Bali
• Anilao – Municipality in Batangas, PhilippinesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Apo Island – Volcanic island in Visayas, Philippines
• Apo Reef – Coral reef in the Philippines
• Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park – Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
• Bay of Pigs – Bay on the island of CubaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Belize Barrier Reef – Series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize
• Biscayne National Park – American national park located south of Miami, Florida
• Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines
• Bowie Seamount – Submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
• Bunaken – Island at the northern tip of Sulawesi in Indonesia
  • Bunaken National Park – Marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia
• Calve Island – Uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland
• Capurganá – Tourist destination of Colombia
• Ċirkewwa – Harbour in Malta
• Cliff Villa Peninsula – Promontory in Bandabou, Curaçao
• Cozumel – Island in Quintana Roo, Mexico
• Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park – Protected area in the Yorke Peninsula, South AustraliaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Edmonds Underwater Park – Recreational dive site in Seattle, Washington
• El Ikhwa Islands – Two islands in the Egyptian Red Sea
• False Bay – Bay of the Atlantic Ocean at South Africa
• Għar Qawqla – Limestone formation off Marsalforn on the island of Gozo in Malta
• Gili Islands – Three small islands off Lombok, Indonesia
• Great Barrier Reef – Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
• Great Southern Reef – Australian reef system
• Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve – Natural reserve in Mexico
• Haql – City in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia
• Hol Chan Marine Reserve – Marine reserve off the coast of Belize
• iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in northern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
  • Sodwana Bay – Bay of the Indian Ocean on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park – State park at Key Largo, Florida, USA
• Kadmat Island – Coral island of the Lakshadweep archipelago in India
• Ko Tao – Island subdistrict in Surat Thani, Thailand
• Lighthouse Reef – Atoll off the coast of Belize
• Malapascua – Island in the Philippines
• Mantanani Islands – Group of three islands off the north-west coast of Sabah, Malaysia
• Martin's Haven – Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK,
• Molasses Reef – Coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Molokini – Islet in Maui County, Hawaii
• Neptune Islands – Two groups of islands in South Australia
• Osprey Reef – Submerged atoll in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia
• Panglao, Bohol – Municipality in Bohol, Philippines
• Pescador Island – Island in Basdiot barangay, Moalboal, Cebu, the Philippines
• Petit Saint Vincent – Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Poor Knights Islands – Group of islands and marine reserve off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island
• Porteau Cove Provincial Park – Place in British Columbia, Canada
• Puerto Galera – Municipality in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
• Punta Cana – Resort town in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
• Ras Muhammad National Park – Egyptian national park in South Sinai
• Rondo Island – Northernmost island in Indonesia
• Rottnest Island – Island off the coast of Western Australia
• San Andrés (island) – One of the two principal islands of San Andrés and Providencia, Colombia
• San Pedro Nolasco Island – Mexican island in the Gulf of California
• Shaʽb Abu Nuħas – Coral reef in the Red Sea
• Shadwan Island – Egyptian island in the Red Sea
• Similan Islands – Marine protected area in Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand
• Sipadan – Oceanic island in Malaysia
• Socorro Island – Small volcanic island off the west coast of Mexico
• Sound of Mull – Sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland
• St. Crispin's Reef – An elongate outer-shelf coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
• Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
• Taganga – Fishing village and corregimiento in Magdalena, Colombia
• Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa
• Tubbataha Reef – Protected area in the middle of the Sulu Sea
• Utila – Smallest of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras
• Wakatobi Regency – Group of islands in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Weh Island – Island in Aceh, Indonesia

Reef dive sites[edit]

• Artificial reef – Human-made underwater structure that functions as a reef
  • Edithburgh jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
  • Gibraltar Artificial Reef – Artificial reef project off Gibraltar
  • Merkanti Reef – Artificial reef at St. Julian's, Malta
  • Osborne Reef – Artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
  • Shark River Reef – Artificial reef off New Jersey
  • Underwater artworks
    • Cancún Underwater Museum – Underwater display of sculpture in Cancún, Mexico
    • Christ of the Abyss – Submerged statue of Jesus Christ
    • Circle of Heroes – Underwater military memorial in Florida
    • Kristu tal-Baħħara – Christ of the Mariners, underwater statue off Malta
    • Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park – Collection of underwater contemporary art off Grenada in the Caribbean
• Azure Window – Former natural arch in Gozo, Malta
• Cod Hole – Dive site in Queensland, Australia
• Daedalus Reef – Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
• Devil's Throat at Punta Sur – Underwater cave near Cozumel, Mexico
• Elphinstone Reef – Small reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
• Eyemouth – Coastal town in Berwickshire Scotland
• Fanadir – Recreational dive site in the Red Sea
• Fowey Rocks Light – Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
• Frederiksted Pier – Cruise ship pier in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
• French Reef – Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US
• Gamul Kebir – Recreational dive site of Egypt in the Red Sea
• Hillsea Point Rock – Group of pinnacles in the Rnglish Channel off Devon
• Inland Sea, Gozo – Seawater lagoon on Gozo, Malta
• Kennack Sands – Beach in Cornwall, England
• The Manacles – Set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall
• Magic Point – Coastal headland in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Octopus Hole – A designated conservation area on the Washington's Hood Canal.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Palancar Reef – Coral reef off Cozumel, Mexico in the Caribbean sea
• Pope's Eye – Uncompleted foundation for an island fort at Port Philip, Victoria, Australia
• Port Hughes jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
• Port Noarlunga jetty – Coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
• Portsea Hole – A depression in the seafloor of Port Phillip near Portsea in Victoria, Australia
• Rapid Bay jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
• Second Valley – Coastal town in South Australia
• South Channel Fort – Island in southern Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
• St Abbs – Village in Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
• Sund Rock – A designated conservation area on the U.S. state of Washington's Hood Canal
• Stingray City, Grand Cayman – Sandbars in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Wolf Rock – Marine pinnacles in Queensland, Australia

Cave dive sites[edit]

Many cave dive sites are fresh water, but there are some that are sea water and a few that are partly fresh and partly sea water, and these may have a distinct halocline.

Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines

• Blue Grotto (Malta) – Sea caverns in Malta
• Devil's Throat at Punta Sur – Underwater cave near Cozumel, Mexico
• Nereo Cave – Sea cave in Sardinia, Italy
• Inland Sea, Gozo – Seawater lagoon on Gozo, Malta

Caves with exclusively or mainly fresh water

• Boesmansgat – Sinkhole and dive site in South Africa
• Cenote – Natural pit or sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneaths
  • Dzibilchaltun – Maya archaeological site with cenote in Yucatan, Mexico
  • Sistema Dos Ojos – Flooded cave system at the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
  • Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich – Flooded cave system in Mexico
  • Sistema Ox Bel Ha – Flooded cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Sistema Sac Actun – Flooded cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
• Chinhoyi Caves – Group of caves in north central Zimbabwe
• Engelbrecht Cave – Cave system in South Australia
• Fossil Cave – Flooded cave in the Limestone Coast area of South Australia
• Hranice Abyss – Flooded sinkhole near the town of Hranice, Czech Republic
• Jordbrugrotta – Cave system in Norway
• Molnár János Cave – Water-filled cave in Budapest, Hungary
• Piccaninnie Ponds – Protected area near Mount Gambier in South Australia
• Silfra – Water-filled rift in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates
• Wakulla Springs – Spring and cave in the Floridan Aquifer under the Woodville Karst Plain of north Florida
• Zacatón – Water-filled sinkhole in Mexico

Blue holes[edit]

Blue hole – Marine cavern or sinkhole, open to the surface, in carbonate bedrock

• Amberjack Hole – Blue Hole 48 km off the coast of Sarasota, Florida
• Blue Hole (Red Sea) – Submarine sinkhole north of Dahab, Egypt
• Dean's Blue Hole – Deep water-filled sinkhole in the Bahamas
• Dragon Hole – Deep underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea
• Great Blue Hole – Marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize
• Green Banana Hole – Blue hole off the coast of Sarasota, Florida

Freshwater dive sites[edit]

• Ewens Ponds – Flooded sinkholes in South Australia
• Little Blue Lake – Flooded sinkhole dive site in South Australia
• Silfra – Water-filled rift in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates

Flooded quarries[edit]

• Capernwray Dive Centre – Flooded quarry in Lancashire, England, used as a recreational dive site
• Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales.
• Dosthill quarry, near Tamworth, Staffordshire
• Dutch Springs, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Eccleston Quarry – Flooded quarry used as a recreational dive site
• National Diving and Activity Centre, at Tidenham, Gloucestershire
• Stoney Cove, between Stoney Stanton and SapcoteinLeicestershire
• Wazee Lake – Artificial lake of Wisconsin, US

Wreck diving regions[edit]

Wreck diving regions: Regions known for having more than one shipwreck used as a recreational dive site:

• Calve Island – Uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland
• Chuuk Lagoon – Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia
• Coron Bay – Bight in Palawan, Philippines
• Edmonds Underwater Park – Recreational dive site in Seattle, Washington
• Loch Long – Sea-loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
• Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan – Group of WWII wrecks in the lagoon at Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands
• Michigan Underwater Preserves – Protected areas of the Great Lakes on Michigan's coast
• Pearl and Hermes Atoll – Atoll of Hawaii
• Porteau Cove Provincial Park – Place in British Columbia, Canada
• Robben Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
• Scapa Flow – Body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
• Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary – Aquatic protected area in Michigan, USA
  • List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Tulagi – Small island in Solomon Islands, north of Guadalcanal
• Tulamben – Village in Karangasem, Bali Province, Indonesia
• Ve Skerries – Small islands in the west of Shetland
• Wardang Island – Island in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia
• Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly – Group of rocks in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom
• Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve – Reserve to protect and conserve shipwrecks and historical resources in Lake Superior
• Wreck Alley, San Diego – Area off California with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs

Wreck diving sites[edit]

A[edit]

• HMS A1 – 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
• SSAbessinia – German steamship and British recreational dive site
• USS Accokeek – Auxiliary ocean tug of the United States Navy,
• HMAS Adelaide – Frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, lead ship of the class
• SSAdmiral Sampson – American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship
• MVAdolphus Busch – Ship sunk off of Looe Key, Florida, as an artificial reef and dive site
• MVAeolian Sky – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
• USS Aeolus – Attack cargo ship converted into a cable repair ship
• Agat World War II Amtrac – Sunken amphibious tracked landing vehicle
• SSAjax – Cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923
• SSAlbert C. Field – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
• USS Algol – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
• Alondra – English steamer wrecked off Ireland
• Al Munassir – Amphibious warfare vessel operated by the Royal Navy of Oman
• Amaryllis – Canadian cargo ship
• SSAmerica – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
• USS Anderson – Sims-class destroyer
• SSAndrea Doria – Ocean liner sunk after a collision off Massachusetts in 1956
• SSAntilla – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
• SSAntilles – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique
• USS Apogon – Balao-class submarinePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SSAquila – British built cargo ship sunk off Ambon
• Aratama Maru – Japanese munitions transport ship sunk at Guam
• USS Arkansas – Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
• SSArratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida
• USS Arthur W. Radford – Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy
• USS Atlanta – Atlanta-class light cruiser

B[edit]

• HMAS Bayonet – Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
• SSBen Doran – Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
• SSBenwood – Steam cargo ship of the early twentieth century
• MVBianca C. – Passenger ship sunk off Grenada
• SSBinnendijk – Dutch cargo steamship sunk by a mine off Portland Bill in the English Channel
• HMSAS Bloemfontein – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in Canada during World War II
• HMS Boadicea – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
• Booya – Schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia
• SSBreda – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940
• Brian Davis – Iris-class buoy tenderPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• HMAS Brisbane – Australian guided missile destroyer
• HMHS Britannic – Olympic-class ocean liner
• Bud Bar – Artificial reef near Boynton Beach, Florida
• Bungsberg – German cargo ship sunk near Tallinn, Estonia

C[edit]

• HMAS Canberra – Guided missile frigate
• HMCS Cape Breton – Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship
• USCGC Cape Henlopen – Type "C" Cape-class coast guard cutter
• Captain Keith Tibbetts – Class of Soviet anti submarine frigates
• SSCarl D. Bradley – Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
• SSCarnatic – British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
• Carthaginian II – Steel sailing vessel sunk as artificial reef
• SSCedarville – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
• ROCS Chen Hai – Casa Grande-class dock landing shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SSCity of Launceston – Steamship operated by the Launceston and Melbourne Steam Navigation Company
• HMCS Chaudière – Restigouche-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
• SSClan Ranald – Turret deck steamship that sank off the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
• USCGC Comanche – Coast guard cutter
• Constandis – Fishing vessel sunk as a recreational dive site in Limassol Bay, Cyprus
• HMAS Coogee – Passenger ferry that briefly served as a Royal Australian Navy armed patrol vessel
• SMS Cormoran – German armed merchant raider of WWI scuttled at Guam
• HMS Coronation – 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Crusader – Australian Army amphibious operations support ship of World War II
• USS Curb – Diver-class rescue and salvage shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• USCGC Cuyahoga – US Coast Guard Active-class patrol boat

D[edit]

• MVDania – Cargo ship scuttled as a dive site off Bamburi, Kenya
• David Tucker – Steel-hulled patrol boat of the 95-Foot or Cape class.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SMS Dresden – Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
• SSD.R. Hanna – 552-foot steel freighter that sank on Lake Huron in 1919
• USCGC Duane – United States Coast Guard cutter
• SSDunraven – British cargo vessel wrecked in the Gulf of Suez
• SSDwight L. Moody – Liberty ship of WWII

E[edit]

• Eagle – Freighter sunk as an artificial reef in Florida
• SSEastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall in 1917, now a dive site
• SSEber Ward – Package freighter sunk in the Straits of Mackinac
• SSEdgar E Clark – American Liberty shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SSEllengowan – Schooner shipwrecked in Darwin, Australia
• USS Emmons – Gleaves-class destroyerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• RMS Empress of Ireland – British ocean liner that sank in 1914
• SSEspagne – Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel

F[edit]

• HMS Falmouth – Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy
• Fifi – Tugboat that caught fire and sank in Bahrain
• SSFrancisco Morazan – German built cargo ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
• Fujikawa Maru – Japanese armed transport ship sunk in Truk lagoon
• Japanese destroyer Fumizuki – Mutsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy sunk at Truk

G[edit]

• SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
• SATS General Botha – Mersey class cruiser
• SSGeorge Dewey – Liberty ship of WWII
• USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg – US Navy transport ship sunk as artificial reef at Key WestPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Georg Thiele – Type 1934 class destroyer
• HMS Ghurka – Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
• USS Gilliam – Attack transport ship sunk at Bikini atollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Glen Strathallan – British ship scuttled in Plymouth sound as a dive site
• SAS Good Hope – Loch-class frigate in the South African Navy
• HMAS Goorangai – Auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy
• SSGothenburg – British steamship wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef
• MVGregory Poole – Admirable-class minesweeperPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

H[edit]

• MTHaven – Crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991
• Hermann Künne – Type 1936-class destroyer
• HMS Hermes – 1924 unique aircraft carrier
• Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
• Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
• SSHispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
• HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
• HMAS Hobart – Royal Australian Navy scuttled shipwreck

I[edit]

• Igara – Bulk carrier wrecked off the coast of Malaysia in 1973
• USS Indra – Landing craft repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War IIPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SSIronsides – Wooden-hulled American package freighter on Great Lakes service
• SSIsaac M. Scott – American Great Lakes freighter

J[edit]

• HMAS J1 – J class submarine
• HMAS J2 – J class submarine
• HMAS J4 – J class submarine
• HMAS J5 – 1916 J class submarine
• SSJames Eagan Layne – Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
• Jura – Wooden, flush deck, paddle steamer,

K[edit]

• Kashi Maru – Japanese auxiliary minelayer, now a dive site in the Solomon Islands
• King Cruiser – Car ferry that sank off the West Coast of Southern Thailand
• USS Kittiwake – Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vesselPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kizugawa Maru – World War II-era Japanese freighter ship
• SMS Kronprinz – Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
• Kyarra – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage

L[edit]

• Lady Thetis – Cypriot passenger ship sunk for use as a recreational dive site
• HMS Laforey – Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
• USS Lamson – Mahan-class destroyer
• USAT Liberty – United States Army cargo ship
• SSLouis 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[edit]

• HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
• HMCS Mackenzie – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
• SSMaine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
• SSMaloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
• HMS Maori – Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
• SSMaori – Shoreline historical wreck in Leeugat Bay on the Cape Peninsula west coast
• Marguerite – French ship sunk in Lyme Bay in 1917. Now a dive site
• SMS Markgraf – Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
• SSMauna Loa – American cargo ship
• USAT Meigs – United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
• SSMendi – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
• MVMercedes I – Merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany
• MSMikhail Lermontov – Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
• SSMilwaukee – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
• USS Mindanao – US Navy Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service 1943-1947
• SSMiowera – Passenger and refrigerated cargo liner
• USS Mizpah – United States Navy patrol yachtPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• USCGC Mohawk – U.S. Coast Guard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida
• SSMohegan – British steamship wrecked off of Cornwall in 1898
• RMS Moldavia – British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
• HMS Montagu – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy
• MV RMS Mulheim – German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
• USS Muliphen – Andromeda-class attack cargo shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

N[edit]

• Nagato – Super-dreadnought sunk by nuclear test in Bikini atoll
• HMCS Nipigon – Annapolis-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy

O[edit]

• SSOceana – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
• Oite – Kamikaze-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s
• USS Oriskany – Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• MSOslofjord – Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
• Ozone – Paddle steamer built in Scotland in 1886

P[edit]

• P29 – Ship scuttled as dive site off Malta
• P31 – Minesweeper/patrol boat scuttled for use as a recreational dive site
• SSPanay – Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
• SSPapoose – Oil tanker built in 1921
• SSPedernales – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, part of the ships remains as dive site
• SSPersier – 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
• SSPewabic – Package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes
• SAS Pietermaritzburg – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War II
• USS Pilotfish – Balao-class submarine sunk at Bikini atollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• MSPiłsudski – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
• SSPioneer – Steam dredging ship
• USCGC Point Swift – United States Coast Guard cutterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• MVPool Fisher – British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight
• SSPort Kembla – A steamer owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line
• HMS Port Napier – British World War II auxiliary minesweeper that caught fire and exploded
• SSPresident 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 – 1941 King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy

Q[edit]

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

R[edit]

• SSRadaas – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
• Rainbow Warrior – Greenpeace vessel bombed by French intelligence operatives in Auckland harbour (1985)
• USS Rankin – US Navy Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service 1945-1947, 1952-1971Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• SSRegina – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
• HMS Repulse – 1916 Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy
• RMS Rhone – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
• Riva Palacio – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Riva Palacio – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• USS Rochester – Second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated
• SSRondo – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
• SSRosehill – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
• SSRotorua – New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship
• Royal Adelaide – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
• Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Anglesey, UK
• MVRozi – Tugboat scuttled as a dive site off Malta

S[edit]

• HMS Safari – Royal Navy S-class submarine which served in World War II
• HMCS Saguenay – Destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
• Sakawa – Agano-class light cruiser
• MVSalem Express – Car and passenger ferry wrecked off the Egyptian coast
• Sanko Harvest – Bulk carrier that sank off Esperance, Western Australia
• USS Saratoga – Lexington-class aircraft carrier
• HMCS Saskatchewan – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
• USS Scrimmage – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• USS Scuffle – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off CozumelPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• HMS Scylla – 1970 Type 12I or Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy
• HMS Sidon – Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
• USCGC Spar – Iris class sea going buoy tender
• USS Spiegel Grove – US Navy ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
• Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
• SSStanwood – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939
• SSStella – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets in 1899
• SSStepas Darius – Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
• HMAS Swan – Australian naval ship, built 1970

T[edit]

• USCGC Tamaroa – Coast guard cutter
• USS Tarpon – Submarine of the United States
• Texas Clipper – Merchant marine training vessel with the Texas Maritime Academy
• SSThesis – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
• SSThistlegorm – British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad
• Thunderbolt Wreck – Mine planter of The US Army
• Toa Maru – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
• HMAS Tobruk – Modified Round Table-class Landing Ship Heavy of the Royal Australian Navy
• Tokai Maru – Japanese passenger-cargo ship sunk in Apra Harbor, Guam
• SSTorrey Canyon – Oil tanker wrecked off the coast of Cornwall
• SAS Transvaal – Loch-class frigate in the South African Navy
• MVTreasure – June 2000 environmental disaster off the coast of South Africa
• HMNZS Tui – Conrad class oceanographic ship

U[edit]

• U-40 – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
• U-352 – German World War II submarine
• U-1195 – German World War II submarine
• Um El Faroud – Libyan owned tanker scuttled as dive site off Malta

V[edit]

• SSVarvassi – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
• USS Vermilion – Tolland-class attack cargo ship
• SSVienna – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior

W[edit]

• HMNZS Waikato – Leander class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy
• SSWalter L M Russ – German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
• SSWashingtonian – American freighter that sank off Delaware after a collision
• HMNZS Wellington – Leander class frigate sunk as artificial reef off Wellington, New Zealand
• USS Wilkes-Barre – Cleveland-class light cruiserPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

Y[edit]

• USS Yancey – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North CarolinaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• YO-257 – US Navy yard oiler scuttled off Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
• SSYongala – Passenger steamship that was wrecked in Queensland, Australia
• HMCS Yukon – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy

Z[edit]

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

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