Pot Island, Lake Winnisquam

Ahern State Park is a 128-acre state-protected area in Laconia on Lake Winnisquam in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. It is open year-round and offers diving, hiking, non-motorized boating, biking, and fishing. Drive all the way down the road to the beach area to park.

This site is a large sandbar on the southwest end of Lake Winnisquam, just north of the Route 3 Bridge. You can access this site by boat with easy anchorage. It is diveable May through October most years.

Dublin Lake is a 240-acre body of water about 0.8 miles long and 0.6 miles at its widest point. The max depth is 110 feet. It is mostly spring-fed. Offers good possibilities for diving and training divers.

While parking is limited, Lanes Cove provides an interesting dive that is popular among kayakers, snorkelers, and divers alike. Remember this is an active cove, so watch out for boat traffic.

Incredibly diverse topography and marine life, a max depth of ~75 feet, and easy parking, makes completing this wonderful dive anything but a folly.

A beautiful dive with a potentially difficult exit. Diverse marine life (lots of fish) with beautiful topographical structures (it’s called Cathedral Rocks for a reason) are the hallmarks of this site.

Back Beach, known for an abundance of lobsters and varied bottom topography, provides a straightforward and interesting shore dive great for divers of any level.

Sandy beach with a line of moderately sized boulders after a slight swim offshore. Max depth 45-50 feet. Parking is about 100 yards away from the entry.

A great spot for training or working on your skills (especially navigation). Stage Fort Park boasts a shallow and broad sandy area where you can regularly find divers completing checkout dives and advancing their technique.

Great topography defines this site; you’ll get to see a ledge of boulders that range in size, home to all manner of marine life, with the bottom ranging from sand to gravel at various points. Unfortunately parking is a slight challenge, but the dive is well worth it.