Southeast Scuba Diving Travel Guide

Southeast Scuba Diving Travel Guide

• Southeast Overview
• Southeast Hotels
• Southeast Attractions
• Southeast Feature Articles
• Southeast Adventure Trips
• Southeast Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Southeast

• Southeast Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Aerial Sports
  • Biking
  • Caving and Canyoneering
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Scuba Diving Destinations In Southeast

• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, FL
  (94 mi.)

Travel Guides In Southeast

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN (101 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Orlando, FL (7.8 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Myrtle Beach, SC (5.5 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Hilton Head Island, SC (45 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Miami, FL (129 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL (122 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Atlanta, GA (2.3 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Fort Lauderdale, FL (148 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva, FL (109 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Key West, FL (1.0 mi.)
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Beach Guide

United States Scuba Diving Subregions

• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Diving in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida (courtesy, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park)

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Gear
• Attractions
• Hotels

Southeast Scuba Diving Destinations

• Florida

Top Scuba Diving Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park		Hotels

Feature Articles

• Diving & Snorkeling: Florida Keys
  
• Treasure Island
  outside
  An innovative platform brings Spanish shipwrech spoils to intrepid divers in the Florida Keys
• Hotel Oceana
  outside
  An innovative dive outfitter lays plans to build a futuristic platform resort—right next to the reef
• Deep Transmissions
  outside
  Armed with a revolutionary new tracking device, cave divers map threats to Florida's main water source
• Down Under Florida
  Snorkel or dive in a state filled with springs, amidst manatees, limestone caves, and the clearest water this side of Clearwater.

Trip Ideas

• Into the Clear, Blue Water: Diving Florida
  
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Miami
• Biscayne National Park
  Top 10 Offbeat Summer Parks

Practical Advice

• Sharks: Myths and Realities
  Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
• Deep Focus
  Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
• A Diving Primer
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
  outside
  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• The Pool Is Open
  The Gear You Need
• The Goods: Scuba Diving
  outside
  Head to 20,000 leagues—or at least a hundred feet—with the finest subaquatic gear
• Summer Liquidation
  outside
  No need to put a toe in the water. It's ready, and you will be too with our guide to the season's best new equipment for ocean, river, and lake.
• Aqualung Mythos mask and Caravelle ADJ fins
  outside

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Attractions

Dry Tortugas National Park

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Garden Key
Key West, Florida

Description: This national park is the nation's only... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site and Park

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End of Southard Street on Truman Annex
Key West, Florida

Description: Built in 1845 and occupied by Yankee forces in... Read More

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Hilton Head Beach

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1 Chamber Drive
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29926

Description: Hilton Head Island has 14 miles of beaches,... Read More

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Hotels

from: $249

The Ritz-Carlton, Naples

280 Vanderbilt Beach Road
Naples, FL 34108

Hotel Class:

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Traveler Rating

4.7 out of 5
15 reviews

Expert Rated & Recommended

Azul Key West

907 Truman Avenue
Key West , FL 33040

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated

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from: $143

Casa Monica Hotel, a Kessler Hotel

95 Cordova Street
St Augustine, FL 32084

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4.6 out of 5
24 reviews

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