Index of recreational dive sites

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:


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  • 115 (barge) – American whaleback barge

A

  • HMS A1 – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
  • HMS A3 – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
  • USS Aaron Ward – Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy
  • Abessinia – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
  • USS Accokeek – Auxiliary ocean tug of the United States Navy,
  • Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
  • HMAS Adelaide – Frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, lead ship of the class
  • SS Admiral Sampson – American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship
  • MV Adolphus Busch – Ship sunk off Looe Key, Florida, as an artificial reef and dive site
  • Aeolian Sky – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
  • USS Aeolus – Attack cargo ship converted into a cable repair ship
  • Agat World War II Amtrac – Sunken amphibious tracked landing vehicle
  • SS Ajax – Cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923
  • Albert C. Field – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
  • Akumal – Community in Quintana Roo state, Mexico
  • USS Algol – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
  • SS Algoma – Screw steamer sunk on Lake Superior
  • Aliwal Shoal – A rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Alondra – English steamer wrecked off Ireland
  • Al Munassir – Amphibious warfare vessel operated by the Royal Navy of Oman
  • Alphard banks – Seamount on the Agulhas Bank
  • Amaryllis – Canadian cargo ship
  • Amed (Bali) – Group of fishing villages in Karangasem Regency on the north coast of Bali
  • SS America – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
  • USS Anderson – Sims-class destroyer
  • Andrea Doria – Genoa registered passenger liner of the Italian line sunk after a collision off Massachusetts
  • Anilao – Region popular for diving tourism – Marine protected sanctuary in Mabini, Batangas
  • Antilla – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
  • Antilles – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique
  • Apo Island – Volcanic island in Visayas, Philippines
  • Apo Reef – Coral reef in the Philippines
  • USS Apogon – Balao-class submarine
  • SS Appomattox – Largest wooden steamship on the Great Lakes wrecked in 1905
  • Aquila – British built cargo ship sunk off Ambon
  • Aratama Maru – Japanese munitions transport ship sunk at Guam
  • Arctic – Tugboat used in the Great Lakes of North America
  • USS Arkansas – Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
  • SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida
  • Arrecifes de Cozumel National ParkMarine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
  • USS Arthur W. Radford – Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy
  • USS Atlanta – Atlanta-class light cruiser

B

  • Bangaram Atoll – Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India
  • Bay of Pigs – Bay on the island of Cuba
  • HMAS Bayonet – Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
  • Belize Barrier Reef – Series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize
  • Bellubera – Ferry operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company
  • SS Ben Doran – Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
  • SS Benwood – Steam cargo ship of the early twentieth century
  • Bianca C. – Passenger ship sunk off Grenada
  • USCGC Bibb – Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship
  • SS Binnendijk – Dutch cargo steamship sunk by a mine off Portland Bill in the English Channel
  • Biscayne National Park – U.S. national park in South Florida
  • HMSAS Bloemfontein – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in Canada during World War II
  • Blue Grotto (Malta) – Sea caverns in Malta
  • Blue Hole (Red Sea) – Submarine sinkhole north of Dahab, Egypt
  • HMS Boadicea – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
  • Boesmansgat – Sinkhole and dive site in South Africa
  • Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines
  • Booya – Schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia
  • BOS 400 – Wreck and dive site at Duiker Point on the Cape Peninsula west coast
  • Bottle Island – One of the Summer Isles in Loch Broom, Scotland
  • Bowie Seamount – Submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
  • Breda – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
  • Brian Davis – Iris-class buoy tender
  • HMAS Brisbane – Perth-class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy sunk as a dive site off the Queensland coast
  • HMHS Britannic – Olympic-class ocean liner and WWI hospital ship
  • Bud Bar – Artificial reef near Boynton Beach, Florida
  • Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District – Historic district in Wisconsin, United States
  • Bulli Point – Diving location in Lake Taupō, New Zealand
  • Bunaken – Island at the northern tip of Sulawesi in Indonesia
  • Bunaken National Park – Marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia
  • Bungsberg – German cargo ship sunk near Tallinn, Estonia
  • Byron – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan

C

  • Cagdanao – Island in the province of Palawan in the Philippines
  • Cahuita National Park – Terrestrial and marine national park in Costa Rica
  • Calve Island – Uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland
  • HMAS Canberra – Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled as dive site off Barwon Heads, Victoria
  • Cancún Underwater Museum – Underwater display of sculpture in Cancún, Mexico
  • HMCS Cape Breton – Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship
  • USCGC Cape Henlopen – Type "C" Cape-class coast guard cutter
  • 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
  • Capurganá – Tourist destination of Colombia
  • Carl D. Bradley – Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
  • USS Carlisle – Attack transport sunk at Bikini atoll
  • Carnatic – British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
  • Carthaginian II – Steel sailing vessel sunk as artificial reef
  • SS Cayuga – American freighter, in service 1889–1895
  • SS Cedarville – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
  • Cenote – Natural pit or sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath
  • SS Charles S. Price – Ship sunk in Lake Huron in 1913
  • HMCS Chaudière – Restigouche-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
  • ROCS Chen Hai – Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
  • Chesil Cove – Massive curved slope of shingle, at Chesil Beach in Dorset, England
  • SS Chester A. Congdon – American Great Lakes freighter 1907-1918
  • Chinhoyi Caves – Group of caves in north central Zimbabwe
  • Christina Nilsson – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
  • Christ of the Abyss – Submerged statue of Jesus Christ
  • Chuuk Lagoon – A sheltered body of water in the central Pacific in the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Chuuk Lagoon – Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Chuuk State – State in the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Circle of Heroes – Underwater military memorial in Florida
  • Ċirkewwa – Harbour in Malta
  • City of Bangor – Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior
  • SS City of Everett – American whaleback steamship
  • SS City of Launceston – Steamship operated by the Launceston and Melbourne Steam Navigation Company
  • SS Clan Ranald – Turret deck steamship that sank off the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
  • SS Clifton – Whaleback Great Lakes freighter
  • Cliff Villa Peninsula – Promontory in Bandabou, Curaçao
  • Cobb Seamount – Underwater volcano west of Grays Harbor, Washington, United States
  • Cocklebiddy cave – Large flooded cave in Western Australia
  • Cod Hole – Dive site in Queensland, Australia
  • USCGC Comanche – Coast guard cutter
  • SS Comet – 1857 steamship, only treasure ship of Lake Superior
  • Constandis – Fishing vessel sunk as a recreational dive site in Limassol Bay, Cyprus
  • HMAS Coogee – Passenger ferry that briefly served as a Royal Australian Navy armed patrol vessel
  • SMS Cormoran – German armed merchant raider of WWI scuttled at Guam
  • HMS Coronation – 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy
  • Coron Bay – Bight in Palawan, Philippines
  • Coron Island – Island in the Calamian Islands in Palawan in the Philippines
  • Cozumel – Island in Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Crusader – Australian Army amphibious operations support ship of World War II
  • USS Curb – Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
  • PS Cumberland – Wooden-hulled side paddlewheeler wrecked in Lake Superior
  • USCGC Cuyahoga – US Coast Guard Active-class patrol boat

D

  • Daedalus Reef – Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
  • MV Dania – Cargo ship scuttled as a dive site off Bamburi, Kenya
  • Daniel Lyons – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
  • David Tucker – Steel-hulled patrol boat of the 95-Foot or Cape class
  • Dean's Blue Hole – Deep water-filled sinkhole in the Bahamas
  • Devil's Throat at Punta Sur – Underwater cave near Cozumel, Mexico
  • Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park – Protected area in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
  • MV Diamond knot – Cargo ship of the United States
  • Dinorwic quarry – Former slate quarry in north Wales
  • Dive sites of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Recreational dive sites around the Cape Peninsula
  • Dive sites of Whittle Rock reef – Recreational dive sites in False Bay, South Africa
  • Diving in East Timor – Recreational diving region description
  • Diving in the Maldives – Recreational diving region description
  • Diving sites in Ko Tao – Region of Thailand known as a recreational diving destination
  • Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales.
  • Dos Ojos – Flooded cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
  • Dosthill quarry – Flooded quarry in England used for scuba diving
  • Dragon Hole – Deep underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea
  • SMS Dresden (1917) – Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
  • SS D.R. Hanna – 552-foot steel freighter that sank on Lake Huron in 1919
  • USCGC Duane – United States Coast Guard cutter
  • SS Dunraven – British cargo vessel wrecked in the Gulf of Suez
  • Dutch Springs – Flooded quarry in Pennsylvania used as a recreational diving site
  • SS Dwight L. Moody – Liberty ship of WWII
  • Dzibilchaltun – Maya archaeological site with cenote in Yucatan, Mexico

E

  • Eagle – Freighter sunk as an artificial reef in Florida
  • SS Eastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall in 1917, now a dive site
  • SS Eber Ward – Package freighter sunk in the Straits of Mackinac
  • Eccleston Quarry – Flooded quarry used as a recreational dive site
  • Edithburgh jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
  • SS Edgar E. Clark – American Liberty ship
  • Edmonds Underwater Park – Recreational dive site in Seattle, Washington
  • SS Egypt – Ocean liner which sunk in 1922
  • El Gouna – Egyptian Red Sea resort city
  • El Ikhwa Islands – Two islands in the Egyptian Red Sea
  • HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940
  • SS Ellengowan – Schooner shipwrecked in Darwin, Australia
  • Elm Hole – Cave in Llangattock, Powys, Wales
  • Elphinstone Reef – Small reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
  • USS Emmons – Gleaves-class destroyer
  • SS Emperor – Canadian Great Lakes freighter 1910-1947
  • RMS Empress of Ireland – Canadian ocean liner that sank in 1914
  • Engelbrecht Cave – Cave system in South Australia
  • SS Erie L. Hackley – Passenger and cargo ship that operated in Lake Michigan
  • SS Espagne – Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel
  • SS Etruria – Steel freighter that sank on Lake Huron in 1905
  • Eyemouth – Coastal town in Berwickshire, Scotland
  • Ewens Ponds – Flooded sinkholes in South Australia

F

  • Falls of Lora – Tidal race at the mouth of Loch Etive in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
  • HMS Falmouth – Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by German submarines
  • False Bay – Bay of the Atlantic Ocean at South Africa
  • Fanadir – Recreational dive site in the Red Sea
  • Farne Islands – Island group off Northumberland, England
  • Fifi – Tugboat that caught fire and sank in Bahrain
  • Finger Lakes Underwater Preserve Association – Organization to promote conservation of the New York State's Finger Lakes
  • Fleetwing – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
  • Fontana
  • Fort Bovisand – Coastal fort in Devon, England
  • Fossil Cave – A flooded cave in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia
  • Fowey Rocks Light – Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
  • SS Francisco Morazan – German built cargo ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
  • SS Francis Hinton – Wooden-hulled steam barge sunk in Lake Michigan
  • SS Frank O'Connor – Bulk carrier that sank in Lake Michigan
  • Frederiksted Pier – Cruise ship pier in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • French Reef – Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US
  • F.T. Barney – American schooner that sank in Lake Huron in 1868
  • Fujikawa Maru – Japanese armed transport ship sunk in Truk lagoon
  • Japanese destroyer Fumizuki – Mutsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy sunk at Truk

G

  • Gallinipper – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
  • Gamul Kebir – Recreational dive site of Egypt in the Red Sea
  • SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
  • SATS General Botha – Mersey class cruiser
  • USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg – US Navy transport ship sunk as artificial reef at Key West
  • SS George Dewey – Liberty ship of WWII
  • George A. Marsh – Three-masted schooner sunk in Lake Ontario
  • Georg Thiele – Type 1934 class destroyer
  • German submarine U-40 (1938) – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
  • German submarine U-352 – German World War II submarine
  • German submarine U-1195 – German World War II submarine
  • Għar Qawqla – Limestone formation off Marsalforn on the island of Gozo in Malta
  • HMS Ghurka – Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
  • Gibraltar Artificial Reef – Artificial reef project off Gibraltar
  • Gili Islands – Three small islands off Lombok, Indonesia
  • USS Gilliam – Attack transport ship sunk at Bikini atoll
  • Ginnie Springs – Spring in Florida used for water sports
  • SS Glenlyon – Freighter sunk off the shore of Isle Royale in Lake Superior
  • Glen Strathallan – British ship scuttled in Plymouth sound as a dive site
  • SAS Good Hope – Loch-class frigate in the South African Navy
  • HMAS Goorangai – Auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy
  • SS Gothenburg – British steamship wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef
  • Grace A. Channon – Three masted schooner built in Michigan
  • Great Barrier Reef – Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia, World Heritage Site
  • SS Grecian – Steel bulk freighter wrecked in Lake Huron
  • Great Blue Hole – Marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize
  • Green Banana Hole – Blue hole off the coast of Sarasota, Florida
  • Great Southern Reef – Australian reef system
  • Green Bay (shipwreck) – Name given to an unidentified sloop that sank in Lake Michigan
  • MV Gregory Poole – Admirable-class minesweeper
  • Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve – Natural reserve in Mexico
  • Gutter Sound – Sound in Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom

H

  • Hamilla Mitchell – Shipwreck and treasure recovery
  • Hand Deeps – Area of the English Channel off the south coast of Cornwall
  • Haql – City and Governorate in Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
  • MT Haven – Crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991
  • Heian Maru – Japanese ocean liner and auxiliary submarine tender
  • SS Henry Chisholm – Wooden freighter wrecked in isle royale
  • MT Hephaestus – Bunkering oil tanker which ran aground off Qawra, Malta
  • Heron Island (Queensland) – Coral cay in Queensland, Australia
  • Hermann Künne – Type 1936-class destroyer
  • HMS Hermes – 1924 unique aircraft carrier
  • Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
  • SS Hesrer – Bulk-freighter steamship that sank in Lake Superior
  • Hilsea Point Rock – Group of pinnacles in the English Channel off Devon
  • Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
  • Hispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
  • Hluleka Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
  • HMAS Hobart – Former guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled off Yankalilla Bay in South Australia
  • Hoi Ha Wan – Bay in a marine park in Hong Kong
  • Hol Chan Marine Reserve – Marine reserve off the coast of Belize
  • Home – Two-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan
  • HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
  • Hotel Terme Millepini – Hotel with 40m deep underwater diving pool
  • Hranice Abyss – Flooded sinkhole near the town of Hranice, Czech Republic
  • SS Hydra – American steel-hulled Great Lakes bulk freighter,

I

  • Igara – Bulk carrier wrecked off the east coast of Malaysia and partly salvaged
  • USS Indra – Landing craft repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II
  • Inland Sea, Gozo – Seawater lagoon on Gozo, Malta
  • SS Ironsides – Wooden-hulled American package freighter on Great Lakes service
  • SS Isaac M. Scott – American Great Lakes freighter
  • iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in northern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
  • Island City – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan

J

  • HMAS J1 – J class submarine
  • HMAS J2 – J class submarine
  • HMAS J4 – J class submarine
  • HMAS J5 – 1916 J class submarine
  • Jacob's Well (Texas) – Perennial karstic spring in the Texas Hill Country
  • SS James Caldwell – Liberty ship of WWII
  • James Eagan Layne – Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
  • Japanese cruiser Sakawa – Agano-class light cruiser
  • Japanese destroyer Oite – Kamikaze-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s
  • John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park – State park at Key Largo, Florida, USA
  • SS John V. Moran – American package freighter
  • Jordbrugrotta – Cave system in Norway
  • J.S. Seaverns – Shipwreck and dive site in Lake Superior
  • Jura – Wooden, flush deck, paddle steamer,
  • Jutten Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in Saldanha Bay in South Africa

K

  • Kadmat Island – Coral island of the Lakshadweep archipelago in India
  • SS Kamloops – Lake freighter of Canada Steamship Lines
  • Kashi Maru – Japanese auxiliary minelayer, now a dive site in the Solomon Islands
  • PS Keystone State – American paddle steamer
  • SS Keystorm – Shipwreck in the Great Lakes off Ontario in 1912
  • King Cruiser – Car ferry of that sank off the West Coast of Southern Thailand
  • Kizugawa Maru – World War II-era Japanese freighter ship
  • Ko Tao – Island subdistrict in Surat Thani, Thailand
  • Krapanj – Island in the Adriatic Sea, south of Šibenik, Croatia
  • Kristu tal-Baħħara – Christ of the Mariners, underwater statue off Malta
  • SMS Kronprinz – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
  • Kyarra – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage
  • Kyle Spangler (schooner) Shipwreck Site – Shipwreck in Lake Huron, US

L

  • PS Lady Elgin – American sidewheel steamship
  • Lady Thetis – Cypriot passenger ship sunk for use as a recreational dive site
  • HMS Laforey – Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
  • SS Lakeland – Steel ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
  • USS Lamson – Mahan-class destroyer
  • Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
  • SS Laurentic – British ocean liner sunk by mines in 1917
  • MV Liberty – Russian cargo ship
  • USAT Liberty – United States Army cargo ship torpedoed by Japanese submarine and beached on the island of Bali.
  • Lighthouse Reef – Atoll off the coast of Belize
  • List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Little Blue Lake – Flooded sinkhole dive site in South Australia
  • Loch Long – Sea-loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
  • MS Logna – First ship intentionally sunk as artificial reef and recreational dive site in the Bahamas
  • Logue Brook Dam – Dam in Western Australia
  • SS Louisiana – Steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan
  • Louis Sheid – Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
  • SS L.R. Doty – Great Lakes steamship lost in Lake Michigan
  • USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site
  • Lumberman – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
  • RMS Lusitania – British ocean liner that was sunk in 1915 during WW1

M

  • HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
  • HMCS Mackenzie
  • Madeira – Barge that sank in Lake Superior in 1905
  • Magic Point – Coastal headland in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
  • Major General Wallace F. Randolph – Mine planter of The US Army
  • Makna, Saudi Arabia – Town in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia
  • Malgas Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the west coast in the Western Cape province in South Africa
  • Malapascua – Island in the Philippines
  • Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
  • Maltese patrol boat P29 – Ship scuttled as dive site off Malta
  • Maltese patrol boat P31 – Minesweeper/patrol boat scuttled for use as a recreational dive site
  • The Manacles – Set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall
  • Mantanani Islands – Group of three islands off the north-west coast of Sabah, Malaysia
  • HMS Maori – Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
  • SS Manasoo – Canadian steamship launched in 1888
  • SS Maori – Shoreline historical wreck in Leeugat Bay on the Cape Peninsula west coast
  • 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
  • SMS Markgraf – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
  • SS Marquette – Wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter
  • Marsa Alam – Town in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
  • Martin's Haven – Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK,
  • SS Mauna Loa – Cargo steam-ship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
  • Mayflower – Wooden hulled scow schooner that sank in Lake Superior
  • USAT Meigs – United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
  • Memba Bay – Bay in Nampula Province, Mozambique
  • Mendi – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
  • MV Mercedes I – Merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany
  • Merkanti Reef – Artificial reef at St. Julian's, Malta
  • USCGC Mesquite – Seagoing buoy tender scuttled in Lake Superior
  • Metamora – Wooden tug wrecked in the Georgian Bay area of Ontario
  • Michigan Underwater Preserves – Protected areas of the Great Lakes on Michigan's coast
  • SS Midland City – Canadian passenger and cargo vessel on the Great Lakes
  • Mikhail Lermontov – Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
  • SS Milwaukee – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
  • USS Mindanao – US Navy Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service 1943-1947
  • Minnedosa – Wooden Great Lakes schooner
  • SS Miowera – Passenger and refrigerated cargo liner
  • USS Mizpah – United States Navy patrol yacht
  • Miztac – Schooner barge sunk in Lake Superior
  • SS M.M. Drake – American steam barge that sank in Lake Superior
  • USCGC Mohawk – US Coastguard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida
  • Mohegan – Steamer wrecked off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
  • Molasses Reef – Coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
  • RMS Moldavia – British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
  • Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park – Collection of underwater contemporary art off Grenada in the Caribbean
  • Molnár János Cave – Water-filled cave in Budapest, Hungary
  • Molokini – Islet in Maui County, Hawaii
  • SS Monarch – Passenger-package freighter that sank in Lake Superior
  • USS Monitor – First ironclad of the US Navy, 1861–1862
  • SS Monrovia – French cargo ship
  • HMS Montagu – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy wrecked on Lundy Island
  • Mount Storm Lake – Cooling water reservoir in West Virginia, U.S.
  • MV RMS Mulheim – German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
  • USS Muliphen – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
  • SS Myron – Wooden steamship that sank in Lake Superior

N

  • Nagato – Super-dreadnought sunk by nuclear test in Bikini atoll
  • Namaqua National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, in South Africa
  • National Diving and Activity Centre – Flooded quarry in Gloucestershire used as a recreational dive site
  • Neptune Islands – Two groups of islands in South Australia
  • Nereo Cave – Sea cave in Sardinia, Italy
  • USS New York – Second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated
  • Niagara (1845 steamboat) – Side-wheel palace steamer sunk in Lake Michigan
  • Niagara (tug) – Tugboat which worked in the Great Lakes
  • HMCS Nipigon – Annapolis-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
  • Nohoch Nah Chich – Flooded cave system in Mexico
  • SS Norman – Shipwreck in Lake Huron, Michigan, United States
  • Northerner – Shipwreck in Lake Michigan

O

  • Oceana – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
  • Octopus Hole – A designated conservation area on the Washington's Hood Canal.
  • Octopus Hole Conservation Area – Designated conservation area on Washington's Hood Canal
  • Ogof Agen Allwedd – Cave in Llangattock, Powys, Wales
  • Oite – Kamikaze-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s
  • SS Onoko – Iron hulled Great Lakes freighter
  • USS Oriskany – Essex class aircraft carrier sunk to create an artificial reef
  • Osborne Reef – Artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
  • Oslofjord – Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
  • Osprey Reef – Submerged atoll northeast of Queensland, Australia
  • Ox Bel Ha – Flooded cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Ozone – Paddle steamer built in Scotland in 1886

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
  • Palmwood shipwreck – 17th century shipwreck in the Netherlands
  • SS Panay – Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
  • Panglao, Bohol – Municipality in Bohol, Philippines
  • SS Papoose – Oil tanker built in 1921
  • Pearl and Hermes Atoll – Atoll of Hawaii
  • Pearse Resurgence – Source of the Pearse Stream on Mt. Arthur, New Zealand South Island
  • Pedernales – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, where part of the ship remains
  • Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park – State park in Ceará, Brazil
  • HMS Pelorus (J291) – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War II
  • Persier – British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
  • HMAS Perth – Guided missile destroyer of the Australian Navy, sunk as a dive site off Western Australia
  • Pescador Island – Island in Cebu, Philippines
  • Petit Saint Vincent – Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • SS Pewabic – Package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes
  • Picanninnie Ponds – Recreational dive site in South Australia
  • Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park – Protected area near Mount Gambier in South Australia
  • SAS Pietermaritzburg – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War II
  • USS Pilotfish – Balao-class submarine sunk at Bikini atoll
  • Piłsudski – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
  • SS Pioneer – Steam dredging ship
  • Pluragrotta – Flooded cave in Norway
  • USCGC Point Swift – United States Coast Guard cutter
  • Pollatoomary – Flooded cave in Ireland
  • Pondoland Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
  • Pool Fisher – 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
  • Pope's Eye – Uncompleted foundation for an island fort at Port Philip, Victoria, Australia
  • Porteau Cove Provincial Park – Place in British Columbia, Canada
  • Porth Dafarch – Bay in western Anglesey, Wales
  • Port Hughes jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
  • SS Port Kembla – Steamer owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line
  • HMS Port Napier – Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
  • Port Noarlunga jetty – Recreational dive site in South Australia
  • Port Noarlunga Reef – Recreational dive site in South Australia
  • Portsea Hole – Seafloor depression in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
  • President Coolidge – American ocean liner sunk by mines in the New Hebrides
  • Preussen (ship) – German ship built in 1902
  • Preußen – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
  • HMS Prince of Wales – King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
  • Protea banks – Reef about 7 km off the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Protea Banks Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the coastal waters of southern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
  • Puerto Galera – Municipality in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
  • Punta Cana – Resort town in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
  • USS Puritan – Passenger ship that sank in Lake Superior

Q

  • PS Queen Victoria – Paddle steamer wrecked off the Baily Lighthouse, Ireland

R

  • Radaas – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
  • Rainbow Warrior – Greenpeace vessel bombed by French intelligence service operatives in Auckland harbour, refloated and scuttled as a dive site
  • USS Rankin – US Navy Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service 1945–1947, 1952-1971
  • Rapid Bay jetty – Recreational dive site in South Australia
  • Ras Muhammad National Park – Egyptian national park in South Sinai
  • Red Sea – Arm of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa
  • SS Regina – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
  • HMS Repulse – 1916 Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy
  • RMS Rhone – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
  • Richelieu Rock – Dive site in Thailand in the Andaman Sea
  • Risør Underwater Post Office – Norway tourist attraction
  • Riva Palacio – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy
  • Robben Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
  • Robberg Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area – Conservation area at the Robberg peninsula in South Africa
  • Robert C. Pringle – Wooden-hulled American tugboat lost on Lake Michigan
  • Robert Gaskin – Shipwreck in the St. Lawrence river
  • SS Robert Wallace – Wooden steamship wrecked in Lake Superior in 1902
  • Rocherpan Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the west coast of the Western Cape in South Africa
  • USS Rochester – Second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated
  • Rondo – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
  • Rosehill – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
  • Rosinco – Diesel-powered luxury yacht that sank in Lake Michigan
  • SS Rotorua – New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship
  • Rouse Simmons – Three-masted schooner sunk in Lake Michigan
  • Roy A. Jodrey – Canadian bulk carrier sunk in the St Lawrence river
  • Royal Adelaide – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
  • Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey
  • Rozi – Tugboat scuttled as a dive site off Malta
  • Rum Jungle Lake – Flooded open cast mine near Darwin, Australia

S

  • Safaga – City on the Red Sea coast of Egypt
  • Sagamore (barge) – Whaleback barge wrecked in Lake Superior
  • HMS Safari – Royal Navy S-class submarine sunk in the English Channel while on tow to shipbreakers
  • HMCS Saguenay – Destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
  • USS Sailfish – Sargo-class submarine of the US Navy
  • Sakawa – Agano-class light cruiser
  • Salem Express – Car and passenger ferry wrecked off the Egyptian coast
  • USS Salvia – Iris-class buoy tender
  • Samaesan Hole – Deepest technical dive site in the Gulf of Thailand
  • SS Samuem Mather – U.S. merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior
  • Samuel P. Ely – Schooner wrecked in Lake Superior
  • San Andrés (island) – Colombian island in the Caribbean
  • Sanko Harvest – Bulk carrier that sank off Esperance, Western Australia
  • San Pedro Nolasco Island – Mexican island in the Gulf of California
  • USS Saratoga – US Navy aircraft carrier sunk by nuclear weapon testing at Bikini atoll
  • Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
  • HMCS Saskatchewan – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
  • Sardine run – Annual fish migration off the shores of South Africa
  • Scapa Flow – Bay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
  • SS S.C. Baldwin – Wooden-hulled steam barge sunk in Lake Michigan
  • USS Scrimmage – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy
  • USS Scuffle – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel
  • HMS Scylla – Royal Navy frigate sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall
  • MS Seattle – German cargo ship sunk in 1940
  • Second Valley – Coastal town in South Australia
  • SS Selah Chamberlain – Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan in 1886
  • Seven Stones Reef – Rocky reef offshore of Land's End, Cornwall
  • Shaʽb Abu Nuħas – Coral reef in the Red Sea
  • Shadwan Island – Egyptian island in the Red Sea
  • The Shaft (sinkhole) – Karst feature in South Australia
  • Shark River Reef – Artificial reef off New Jersey
  • Ship cemetery at Ekenabben – Place in Blekinge, Sweden
  • List of shipwrecks of the United States
  • HMS Sidon – Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
  • Silfra – Water-filled rift in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates
  • Similan Islands – Marine protected area in Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand
  • Sipadan – Oceanic island in Malaysia
  • SS Sir William Seimens – American lake freighter (1896–1944)
  • Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall – Quarry in Gloucestershire
  • Socorro Island – Volcanic island off the west coast of Mexico
  • Sodwana Bay – A National Park with marine protected area on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
  • Soma Bay – Coastal resort in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
  • Sound of Mull – Sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland
  • South Channel Fort – Island in southern Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
  • USCGC Spar – Iris class sea going buoy tender
  • USS Spiegel Grove – US Navy dock landing ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
  • St Abbs – Village in Berwickshire, Scotland
  • St. Crispin's Reef – Part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
  • Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
  • Stanwood – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939, now a recreational dive site
  • Stella – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets
  • SS Stepas Darius – Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
  • Stilbaai Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
  • HMS St Lawrence (1814) – First-rate wooden warship of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario
  • Stoney Cove – Flooded quarry in Leicestershire used for scuba diving
  • Subic Bay – Bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon, Philippines
  • Sund Rock – Conservation area on Hood Canal, Washington, USA
  • SS Superior City – Freighter in the Great Lakes service that sank in Lake Superior
  • HMS Swallow (1824) – Brig-sloop shipwreck in South Australia
  • HMAS Swan – Australian "River" class destroyer sunk as a dive site off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia
  • Swanage Pier – Pier in Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Sweepstakes (schooner) – Canadian Great Lakes ship sunk in 1885

T

  • Taba, Egypt – Town in South Sinai, Egypt
  • Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
  • Taganga – Fishing village and corregimiento in Magdalena, Colombia
  • SS Tahoe – Steamship scuttled in Lake Tahoe
  • USCGC Tamaroa – Coast guard cutter
  • USS Tarpon – US Navy Submarine which foundered south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrap yard.
  • Texas Clipper – Merchant marine training vessel with the Texas Maritime Academy
  • HMS Thames (1885) – Mersey class cruiser
  • Thesis – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
  • Thistlegorm – British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad
  • Thomas Friant – Wooden-hulled fish tug
  • Thomas Wilson – Whaleback freighter that sank in Lake Superior
  • Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary – Aquatic protected area in Michigan, USA
  • Thunderbolt Wreck – Mine planter of The US Army
  • Toa Maru – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
  • HMAS Tobruk (L 50) – Modified Round Table-class Landing Ship Heavy of the Royal Australian Navy
  • Tokai Maru – Japanese passenger-cargo ship sunk in Apra Harbor, Guam
  • Torrey Canyon – Suezmax Class oil tanker wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall
  • SAS Transvaal – Loch-class frigate in the South African Navy
  • MV Treasure – June 2000 environmental disaster off the coast of South Africa
  • Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa
  • Tubbataha Reef – Protected area in the middle of the Sulu Sea
  • HMNZS Tui – Conrad class oceanographic ship
  • Tulagi – Small island in Solomon Islands, north of Guadalcanal
  • Tulamben – Village in Karangasem, Bali Province, Indonesia
  • Tung Ping Chau – Island in Hong Kong

U

  • U-40 – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
  • U-352 – German submarine sunk by depth charges south of Morehead City, North Carolina
  • U-1195 – 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
  • Utila – Smallest of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras

V

  • Varvassi – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
  • USS Vermilion – Tolland-class attack cargo ship
  • SS Vernon – American passenger and package freighter ship sunk in Lake Michigan
  • Ve Skerries – Small islands in the west of Shetland
  • SS Vienna – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior
  • Vortex Spring – Freshwater spring and recreational dive site in Florida

W

  • HMNZS Waikato – Leander class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy
  • Wakatobi Regency – Regency in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Wakulla Springs – Spring and cave in the Floridan Aquifer under the Woodville Karst Plain of north Florida
  • Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape province in South Africa
  • Walter L M Russ – German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
  • Wardang Island – Island in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia
  • Washingtonian (1913) – American freighter that sank off Delaware after a collision
  • Wast Water – Body of water in Cumbria, England
  • TSS Waterford – Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
  • Wazee Lake – Artificial lake of Wisconsin, US
  • Weh Island – Island in Aceh, Indonesia
  • HMNZS Wellington – Leander class frigate sunk as artificial reef off Wellington, New Zealand
  • USS Westchester County – US Navy tank landing ship built in 1952
  • Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly – Group of rocks in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom
  • SS Wexford – Freighter shipwreck and dive site in lake Huron
  • Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve – Reserve to protect and conserve shipwrecks and historical resources in Lake Superior
  • Whittle Rock – Granite reef in False Bay, South Africa
  • Whittle Rock reef – Granite offshore reef area in False Bay, South Africa
  • Whyalla – City in South Australia
  • USS Wilkes-Barre – Cleveland-class light cruiser
  • SS William B. Davock – Lake freighter sunk in Lake Michigan
  • SS William C. Moreland – American lake freighter wrecked on Lake Superior in 1910
  • Wolf Rock – Marine pinnacles in Queensland, Australia
  • Wondergat – Sinkhole dive site near Lichtenburg, South Africa
  • Wreck Alley, San Diego – Recreational dive area with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs

Y

  • USS Yancey – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North Carolina
  • YO-257 – US Navy yard oiler scuttled off Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Yongala – Australian registered passenger ship that sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia
  • HMCS Yukon – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy

Z

  • Zacatón – Water-filled sinkhole in Mexico
  • Zenobia – RO-RO ferry that capsized and sank near Larnaca, Cyprus
  • Zealandia – Australian cargo and passenger steamship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
  • Zingara – Cargo vessel wrecked in the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea

See also

References