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Top Scuba Diving Destinations In United States

• Maui, HI
  
• Seattle, WA
  
• Monterey, CA
  
• Friday Harbor, WA
  
• Tacoma, WA
  
• Catalina Island, CA
  
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, FL
  
• Lanai, HI
  
• MacKerricher State Park, CA
  
• Molokai, HI
  

Travel Guides In United States

• San Diego, CA
  • Beach Guide
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• Denali National Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
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• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Friday Harbor, WA
  • Beach Guide
• Key Largo, FL
  • Beach Guide
• Black Hills National Forest, SD
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA
  • Beach Guide
• Half Moon Bay, CA
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• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
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• Nantahala National Forest, NC
  • Active and Adventure Guide

North America Scuba Diving Countries

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Beach Travel Destinations

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  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
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• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
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  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
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  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

United States Scuba Diving Destinations

• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast

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Feature Articles

• Tropical Escapes
  Oahu, Costa Rica and St. Kitts
• Diving & Snorkeling: Hawaii
• Diving & Snorkeling: Florida Keys
• Killer Abs
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  Divers do the damnedest things in pursuit of Northern California abalone—like poaching, drowning, and getting gobbled up by great white sharks
• Treasure Island
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  An innovative platform brings Spanish shipwrech spoils to intrepid divers in the Florida Keys

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
  Kona, Hawaii: Polynesian Diving
• Diving the Turks & Caicos
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Miami
• Atlantic Ocean: Rhode Island
  Top 10 Spots for Experiencing Sharks
• Biscayne National Park
  Top 10 Offbeat Summer Parks

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
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  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• The Pool Is Open
  The Gear You Need
• The Goods: Scuba Diving
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  Head to 20,000 leagues—or at least a hundred feet—with the finest subaquatic gear
• Summer Liquidation
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  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
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Azul Key West
907 Truman Avenue
Key West , FL

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Hilton San Diego Resort
1775 East Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA

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Dove Creek Lodge
147 Seaside Avenue
Key Largo, FL

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