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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A – 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
– Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
– Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
Aliwal Shoal – A rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
SS America – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
– Genoa registered passenger liner of the Italian line sunk after a collision off Massachusetts – Marine protected sanctuary in Mabini, Batangas – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique
– British built cargo ship sunk off Ambon
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park – Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
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– Passenger ship sunk off Grenada
– B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
– Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
– 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
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
– Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
– British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
SS Cedarville – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
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
Fifi – Tugboat that caught fire and sank in Bahrain
Fossil Cave – A flooded cave in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia
– German built cargo ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
Fujikawa Maru – Japanese armed transport ship sunk in Truk lagoon
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– Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
, World Heritage Site
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Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
– Former guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled off Yankalilla Bay in South Australia
– Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
I Igara – Bulk carrier wrecked off the east coast of Malaysia and partly salvaged
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– Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
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King Cruiser – Car ferry of that sank off the West Coast of Southern Thailand
– German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow Kyarra – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage
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– Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
– United States Army cargo ship torpedoed by Japanese submarine and beached on the island of Bali.
List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Little Blue Lake – Flooded sinkhole dive site in South Australia
– Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
– US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site
M – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
– British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
– UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
– Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
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 – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
– Cargo steam-ship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
– United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
– Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
– Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand SS Milwaukee – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
– US Coastguard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida – Steamer wrecked off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
– British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
– Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy wrecked on Lundy Island
– German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
N Nagato – Super-dreadnought sunk by nuclear test in Bikini atoll
National Diving and Activity Centre – Flooded quarry in Gloucestershire used as a recreational dive site
O – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
– Essex class aircraft carrier sunk to create an artificial reef
– Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
P 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
– Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, where part of the ship remains
– 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
– Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
– 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
– Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
– American ocean liner sunk by mines in the New Hebrides
Preußen – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
Q – Paddle steamer wrecked off the Baily Lighthouse, Ireland
R – 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
SS Regina – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
– Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
– Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
– Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
– Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey – Tugboat scuttled as a dive site off Malta
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– Royal Navy S-class submarine sunk in the English Channel while on tow to shipbreakers
– Car and passenger ferry wrecked off the Egyptian coast
Samaesan Hole – Deepest technical dive site in the Gulf of Thailand
– US Navy aircraft carrier sunk by nuclear weapon testing at Bikini atoll
Sardine run – Annual fish migration off the shores of South Africa
– Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel – Royal Navy frigate sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall
– Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
Sodwana Bay – A National Park with marine protected area on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
– US Navy dock landing ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939, now a recreational dive site – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets
Stoney Cove – Flooded quarry in Leicestershire used for scuba diving
– 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.
– 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
Toa Maru – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
– Suezmax Class oil tanker wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall
U – 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
V – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
SS Vienna – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior
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– German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
– American freighter that sank off Delaware after a collision
– Leander class frigate sunk as artificial reef off Wellington, New Zealand
Wreck Alley, San Diego – Recreational dive area with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs
Y – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North Carolina
– Australian registered passenger ship that sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia
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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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