Alert Diver Category: Local Diving

Even in the worst weather, Alger Underwater Pass in Lake Superior has reliably good diving — and great shipwrecks. Red more about diving at Alger Underwater Preserve.

BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON LIES HARTFORD, the heartbeat of Connecticut. Visitors there can tour the Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. […]

San Miguel Island is a tough place. It’s tough to get there, tough to stay there and tough to dive there. But, it offers some pretty sites.

If you’re diving in Ontario, be ready for frigid waters. But, Ontario boasts spectacular diving — including breathtaking shipwrecks. Read more about diving in Ontario and how exactly to dive the locale.

Southern California rig diving is exquisite and reiterates that sometimes the best diving is found in the unlikeliest places. Learn more about this diving in California.

Following the white sand beaches and emerald waters along the Florida Panhandle leads to a diverse set of wrecks and artifacts ranging from oversized sculptures to the largest purpose-sunk wreck in the U.S. This area of Florida is known as the Emerald Coast, and the visibility in this part of the Gulf of Mexico is superior to that along the Louisiana and Texas coastlines.

Why would you want to dive Alaska’s Prince William Sound? One major draw is the yearly migration of the region’s salmon sharks that feast on spawning pink salmon.

Kona’s diving is still incredibly lush and continually rebounding two years after an earthquake off of Japan’s coast. Learn an insider’s perspective on diving Kona.

Browning Pass in British Columbia is packed with wildlife and things for divers to see. If you can handle the cool waters, you’re in for a treat at Browning Pass.

When I dive in an unfamiliar area, I tell the dive operator I want to start at their best spot — the site with everything. If I get bored with that, maybe I’ll try other sites. If you came to my home turf on the Kona Coast of Hawaiʻi Island and asked me for the site that has everything, I would send you to Ripoff Reef.