Best places to go Scuba Diving in the US?
I’m soon to be a new open water SCUBA diver need a good place with lots of stuff to see and do like wreck diving clear water.
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Hawaii Islands i personally liked Maui the best
I agree with Hawaii, hopefully heading there myself in October, however, if your not ready to sink that kind of cash into a dive trip you should also consider the Florida Keys. California diving is fun, but the water is cold and the visiblity isn’t all that great most of the time.
Hawaii has some sunken barges to see. I doubt you’ll do too serious of wreck diving as a beginner, so this may be a good option.
California is fun, but its not exactly what you think of as optimum scuba diving.
South Florida Atlantic coast by far! From Pompano Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami you will find great reefs and wrecks in open water depths.
Key Largo is sitting on the best reef system in this hemisphere, and also has diving on some of the best wrecks, such as the Duane, The Bibb, and the massive Spiegle Grove.
the North Carolina coast is known among divers as the Graveyard of the Sea. There are more shipwrecks there than pretty much anywhere.
Wrecks are awesome to dive by themselves, but they also become habitats for all kinds of wildlife, and some have even become artificial reefs.
The nicest part is that diving there is affordable for anyone, as even west coast people find it cheaper to fly East than to Hawaii, or the Virgin Islands or the like.
On the West Coast the Channel islands are very nice, and again very affordable. I recommend you time any trips there to coincide with the gray whale migration. Seeing them underwater is a sight you will never forget.
Inland, Summersville Lake in WV is considered some of the best diving you can have, and the visibility is awesome.
Devils cavern (or caves, forget what they call them) down in Florida are quite an experience also.
Just a few spots that jumped to mind. And by all means, the other folk are correct, if it is in your budget Hawaii is wonderful.
The St. Lawerence seaway and the Great Lakes. There are 5,000 wrecks out here. Cold, fresh water keeps them alive. A large number of them lie within an OW’s dive limit and can safely be inspected from outside the wreck itself. It’s not uncommon to dive a sailing vessel that sank in 1870 and is still in great shape. For that matter, if you become wreck certified, it’s possible to actually penetrate some of these vessels as many are quite intact. There are also many steel vessels lying around, some intentionally sunk for divers.
If you want wrecks, forget salt water unless the vessel is relatively new. You won’t find a 1870′s schooner in any ocean, that still resembles a schooner. Only some sticks in the mud.