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<noinclude>[[File:Coral - Marsa Alam, Egypt - August 12, 2011.jpg |thumb|Recreational diver over a coral reef in the Red Sea]]
[[File:GreatBarrierReef-EO.JPG|thumb|Satellite image of part of the Great Barrier Reef]]
[[File:Fujikawa Maru 1.JPG|thumb|Wreck of the ''Fujikawa Maru'']]
[[File:Diver at USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) wreck off Key West in January 2015.JPG|thumb|USNS ''Vandenberg'' in 2015.]]
[[File:RMS Rhone 2003 12.jpg|thumb|Wreck of the RMS ''Rhone'']]
[[File:MV Rozi 01.jpg|thumb|The wreck of the tugboat MV ''Rozi'' rests on the seabed at 35 meters]]
[[File:Diving Salem Express.JPG|thumb|The wreck of ''Salem Express'' in 2010, 19 years after she sank.]]
[[File:Bow of the Spiegel Grove wreck, Key Largo, Florida.jpg|thumb|Bow of the ''Spiegel Grove'']]
[[File:Thistlegorm gun.jpg|thumb|Anti-aircraft gun on the stern of the ''Thistlegorm'']]
[[File:Partie arrière du Um El Faroud.jpg|thumb|Deck of the ''Um Al Faroud'']]
[[File:Entrance to Dos Ojos.JPG|thumb|Entrance to the cave system at Dos Ojos]]
[[File:Cave diving at Piccaninnie Ponds.jpg|thumb|Diving at Piccaninnie ponds]]
[[File:Stoney Cove Diving.jpg|thumb|Diving at Stoney Cove]]
[[File:Wazee 007.jpg|thumb|right|Wazee Lake near Black River Falls, Wisconsin is a former iron mining quarry now used for scuba diving and other uses.]]
[[File:Dive sites of Cape Town.png|thumb|Recreational dive sites of the greater Cape Town region.]]
[[File:Coral reef locations.jpg|thumb|[[Organization:NASA|NASA]] image [http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/coralreef_image.html] showing locations of significant coral reefs, which are often sought out by divers for their abundant, diverse life forms.]]</noinclude>

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==Reef dive sites==
In the context of recreational diving, a reef may be a [[Earth:Coral reef|coral reef]] or a bottom of predominantly consolidated inorganic material, like rocky reef, and in the broader sense includes [[Earth:Coastal engineering|artificial structures]] and even ships sunk as artificial reefs. 

Reef diving regions are geographical regions of arbitrary size known for including more than one named reef dive site, while a reef dive site is a specific part of a reef known by a name, which recreational divers visit to dive.

===Reef diving regions===
* {{annotated link|Earth:Apo Reef}}<!-- Philippines -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park}}<!-- Mexico -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Belize Barrier Reef}}<!-- Belize -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Għar Qawqla}}<!-- Malta -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Molokini}}<!-- US --> 
* {{annotated link|Earth:Osprey Reef}}<!-- Australia -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Poor Knights Islands}}<!-- New Zealand -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Shaʽb Abu Nuħas}}<!-- Egypt -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Socorro Island}}<!-- Mexico -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Tubbataha Reef}}<!-- Philippines -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Utila}}<!-- Honduras -->

===Reef dive sites===
** {{annotated link|Earth:Shark River Reef}}<!-- US -->
** Underwater artworks
* {{annotated link|Earth:Azure Window}}<!-- Malta -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Devil's Throat at Punta Sur}}<!-- Mexico -->
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Frederiksted Pier}}<!-- USVI -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Inland Sea, Gozo}}<!-- Malta --> 
* {{annotated link|Earth:Palancar Reef}}<!-- Mexico -->

== Cave dive sites ==
Many cave dive sites are fresh water, but there are some that are sea water and a few that are partly fresh and partly sea water, and these may have a distinct halocline. 

{{annotated link|Earth:Sea cave}} 
* {{annotated link|Earth:Blue Grotto (Malta)}}<!-- Malta, sea -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Devil's Throat at Punta Sur}}<!-- Mexico, sea--> 
* {{annotated link|Earth:Nereo Cave}}<!-- Italy, sea --> 
* {{annotated link|Earth:Inland Sea, Gozo}}<!-- Malta, sea-->

Caves with exclusively or mainly fresh water
** {{annotated link|Earth:Sistema Dos Ojos}}<!-- Yucatán, Mexico -->
** {{annotated link|Earth:Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich}}<!-- Yucatán, Mexico -->
** {{annotated link|Earth:Sistema Ox Bel Ha}}<!-- Yucatán, Mexico -->
** {{annotated link|Earth:Sistema Sac Actun}}<!-- Yucatán, Mexico -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Chinhoyi Caves}}<!-- Zimbabwe, fresh-->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Engelbrecht Cave}}<!-- Australia, fresh -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Fossil Cave}}<!-- Australia, fresh -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park|Piccaninnie Ponds}}<!-- Australia, fresh -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Zacatón}}<!-- Mexico, fresh -->

===Blue holes===
[[Image:Great Blue Hole.jpg|thumb|The [[Earth:Great Blue Hole|Great Blue Hole]], located near Ambergris Caye, Belize]]
[[File:Dean Blue Hole Long Island Bahamas 20110210.JPG|thumb|[[Earth:Dean's Blue Hole|Dean's Blue Hole]], Long Island,  Bahamas]]
{{annotated link|Earth:Blue hole}}
* {{annotated link|Earth:Amberjack Hole}}<!-- US -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Dean's Blue Hole}}<!-- Bahamas -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Dragon Hole}}<!--  -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Great Blue Hole}}<!-- Belize -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Green Banana Hole}}<!-- US -->

== Freshwater dive sites ==
* {{annotated link|Earth:Ewens Ponds}}<!-- Australia -->
* {{annotated link|Earth:Little Blue Lake}}<!-- Australia -->

=== Flooded quarries ===
[[File:Stoney Cove Diving.jpg|thumb|Diving at Stoney Cove]]
<!-- Only link to articles with suitably referenced use as dive sites -->
* Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales.<!-- UK --> 
* Dosthill quarry, near Tamworth, Staffordshire<!-- UK -->
* Dutch Springs, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania<!-- US -->
<!-- * Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake and Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, near Crosby, Minnesota no mention of use as dive site in article -->
* National Diving and Activity Centre, at Tidenham, Gloucestershire<!-- UK -->
* Stoney Cove, between Stoney Stanton and Sapcote in Leicestershire<!-- UK -->

==Wreck diving regions ==
Wreck diving regions: Regions known for having more than one shipwreck used as a recreational dive site:
* {{annotated link|Earth:Pearl and Hermes Atoll}}<!-- HI, US -->
** List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
* {{annotated link|Place:Tulagi}}<!-- Solomon Islands -->

==Wreck diving sites== 
[[File:Ship wreck Carnatic 2017-04-22 Egypt-7947.jpg|thumb|Divers at the wreck of the SS Carnatic]]

===A===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS Antilles|SS ''Antilles''}}<!-- Grenadines -->

===B===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:MV Bianca C.|MV ''Bianca C.''}}<!-- Grenada -->

===C===

===D===

===E===

===F===

===G===

===H===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:MT Haven|MT ''Haven''}}<!-- Italy -->
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Herzogin Cecilie|''Herzogin Cecilie''}}<!-- UK -->

===I===

===J===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS James Eagan Layne|SS ''James Eagan Layne''}}<!-- UK -->
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Jura (ship, 1854)|''Jura''}} <!-- Switzerland -->

===K===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Kyarra|''Kyarra''}}<!-- UK -->

===L===

===M===

===N===

===O===

===P===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS Papoose|SS ''Papoose''}} <!-- NC, US -->
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS Port Kembla|SS ''Port Kembla''}}<!-- New Zealand --> 

===Q===

===R===

===S===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS Stanwood|SS ''Stanwood''}}<!-- UK -->

===T===
* {{annotated link|Engineering:SS Torrey Canyon|SS ''Torrey Canyon''}}<!-- UK -->

===U=== 

===V===

===W===

===Y===

===Z===
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* ''Buenos Aires'' &ndash; 
* ''Corveta Camacuã'' &ndash; 
* ''Corveta Ipiranga'' &ndash; 
* ''Pirapama'' &ndash; 
* ''Vapor Bahia'' &ndash; -->

== External links ==

[[Category:Outlines|Underwater diving]]

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