United States underwater photography guide

Best Season
Fall and winter

Visibility
30'-70'

Water Temp
varies from 58ฐ -60ฐ East Coast to 83ฐ -65ฐ Mexico

Mexico: Sea of Cortez
Seamounts, rocky islands, wrecks, canyons
seal, manta, sponges, whales, hammerheads

California coast
Rocky shores, kelp, can blow up. warmer further south, shore access.
Shark, expeditions (offshore), Garibaldi fish

Santa catalina island: channel islands
boat only, kelp, can blow up, currents,
purple coral

Florida keys
250 miles of reef 3-6 miles offshore so boat dives only, wrecks, reefs
typical Caribbean, statue of Christ Of The Deep, well served for photo shops

East coast: new England
cold water diving, shore and offshore, some good wrecks
anemones, starfish, Nudibranchs, wolf fish

East coast: mid Atlantic states - N.Y., Delaware
Wrecks at 80-100', distinct thermocline
Lobsters

East coast: bay states - Maryland, Virginia
World war and civil war wrecks

South eastern states: Carolina, Florida
World Class wrecks and reefs. gets warmer as you go further south

Bermuda
wrecks, shallow reefs
almost Caribbean, soft corals, pelagics but small

British Columbia
Drysuit diving
Giant octopus, Killer whales, huge sea stars, wolf fish