North America
Blue Heron Bridge
United States
Critter-dense muck diving in 5 m of water beneath a Florida road bridge
21–30°C · vis 20mbeginner
Region
Diving in North America
20 curated dive destinations across Canada, Mexico and United States in North America. Conditions peak around Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct.
Brockville — St. Lawrence · photo Tutku Çetinel
- Destinations
- 20
- Countries
- 3
- Peak season
- Jul–Oct
Common encountersMacro crittersReef fish swarmsSea turtlesGroupersNudibranchs
Destinations in this region
Nineteenth-century wrecks dived as drifts in a hard freshwater current
4–22°C · vis 25mintermediate
A recovered coral reef with dense jack schools and seasonal bull sharks.
20–30°C · vis 20mbeginner
Walk down the stairs at Casino Point straight into a giant kelp forest
13–21°C · vis 30mintermediate
Playful sea lions and towering kelp forests around rocky island pinnacles.
12–19°C · vis 20mintermediate
The only place in the US where you may legally swim with manatees
22–23°C · vis 30mbeginner
Warm shallow reefs and famous wrecks stretching from Key Largo to Key West.
23–29°C · vis 30mbeginner
Healthy coral reef caps 100 miles offshore, famous for August coral spawning.
20–29°C · vis 40madvanced
Market squid spawn in their millions over the sand on winter nights
13–22°C · vis 15mbeginner
North America
Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Striped marlin lance through sardine baitballs in open ocean
20–26°C · vis 30madvanced
Exceptional nudibranch diversity in cold-water kelp forests off Monastery Beach.
9–16°C · vis 15mintermediate
North America
North Carolina Wrecks
United States
Sand tiger sharks aggregate around WWII wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
14–27°C · vis 30madvanced
Spring water at a constant 21°C leads into mapped underwater cave systems.
20–23°C · vis 45mintermediate
Goliath groupers over 200 kg mass on the wrecks to spawn each August
22–30°C · vis 30mintermediate
Permit-limited giant kelp forest with sea otters working the shallows
10–16°C · vis 20mintermediate
Habituated giant oceanic manta rays circle divers at open-water cleaning stations.
21–28°C · vis 30madvanced
Sea lion pups play with divers at Los Islotes while hammerheads school at El Bajo.
19–30°C · vis 25mintermediate
A hundred wrecks in Shipwreck Alley, some shallow enough to snorkel
2–18°C · vis 30mintermediate
Nineteenth-century schooners preserved intact in cold fresh water
4–18°C · vis 30mintermediate
The Gulf of Mexico's largest reef complex, off a working port
22–29°C · vis 20mbeginner