Index of recreational dive sites

The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Wikipedia's articles on recreational dive sites. The level of coverage may vary:

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

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* – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
* – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
* – Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy
* – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
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* – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
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* Aliwal Shoal – A rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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* SS ''America'' – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
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* – Genoa registered passenger liner of the Italian line sunk after a collision off Massachusetts
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* – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
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* Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park – Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
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* – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
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* – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
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* – Perth-class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy sunk as a dive site off the Queensland coast
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* – Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled as dive site off Barwon Heads, Victoria
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* 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
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* – Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
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* – British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
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* SS ''Cedarville'' – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
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* Chuuk Lagoon – A sheltered body of water in the central Pacific in the Federated States of Micronesia
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* Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales.
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* – Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by German submarines
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* ''Fifi'' – Tugboat that caught fire and sank in Bahrain
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* Fossil Cave – A flooded cave in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia
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* '' Fujikawa Maru'' – Japanese armed transport ship sunk in Truk lagoon
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* '' Herzogin Cecilie'' – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
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* '' Hilma Hooker'' – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
* – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
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* – Former guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled off Yankalilla Bay in South Australia
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* – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
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* '' Igara'' – Bulk carrier wrecked off the east coast of Malaysia and partly salvaged
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* ''King Cruiser'' – Car ferry of that sank off the West Coast of Southern Thailand
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* ''Kyarra'' – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage
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* – United States Army cargo ship torpedoed by Japanese submarine and beached on the island of Bali.
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* List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
* Little Blue Lake – Flooded sinkhole dive site in South Australia
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* – Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
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* – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site
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* – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
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* – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
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* – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
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* – Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
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* '' 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
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* – Cargo steam-ship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
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* – United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
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* – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
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* – Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
* SS ''Milwaukee'' – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
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* – US Coastguard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida
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* – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy wrecked on Lundy Island
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* ''Nagato'' – Super-dreadnought sunk by nuclear test in Bikini atoll
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* National Diving and Activity Centre – Flooded quarry in Gloucestershire used as a recreational dive site
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* – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
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* – Essex class aircraft carrier sunk to create an artificial reef
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* ''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
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* – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, where part of the ship remains
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* – British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
* – Guided missile destroyer of the Australian Navy, sunk as a dive site off Western Australia
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* – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
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* – 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
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* – Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
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* ''Preußen'' – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
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* – Paddle steamer wrecked off the Baily Lighthouse, Ireland

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* – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
* – Greenpeace vessel bombed by French intelligence service operatives in Auckland harbour, refloated and scuttled as a dive site
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* SS ''Regina'' – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
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* – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
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* – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site

* – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
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* – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
* '' Royal Charter'' – Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey
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* – US Navy aircraft carrier sunk by nuclear weapon testing at Bikini atoll
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* Sardine run – Annual fish migration off the shores of South Africa
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* – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel
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* Sodwana Bay – A National Park with marine protected area on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
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* – US Navy dock landing ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
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* ''Stanegarth'' – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
* – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939, now a recreational dive site
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* Stoney Cove – Flooded quarry in Leicestershire used for scuba diving
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* – Australian "River" class destroyer sunk as a dive site off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia
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* – US Navy Submarine which foundered south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrap yard.
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* – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
* – British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad
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* ''Toa Maru'' – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
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* – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
* – German submarine sunk by depth charges south of Morehead City, North Carolina
* – 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
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* – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
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* SS ''Vienna'' – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior
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* Wreck Alley, San Diego – Recreational dive area with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs

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* – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North Carolina
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* – RO-RO ferry that capsized and sank near Larnaca, Cyprus
* – 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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References

External links

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Recreational dive sites