Lake Phoenix

This is one of the clearest quarries on the East Coast. Diving here is fun for all levels of divers, with many intentionally sunk objects to explore.

Wildlife here is abundant. You can expect to see plenty of Perch and Largemouth Bass. At night the bait fish are plenty.

Level

Beginner
Advanced

Visibility

Current

Light Current
No Current
Strong Current
Ripping Current

DIVE TYPES

Night Dive
Snorkeling
Wall/Drop Off
Wreck Dive
Quarry
Lake

Temperature & Visibility

Dives

Wildlife Diversity

Affiliated Training Center

Recommended Training

Open Water Diver

Begin your lifelong adventure as a certified diver with the globally recognized SSI Open Water Diver certification.

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Stress & Rescue

Learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and learn rescue diver skills with this essential Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program. Help yourself and other divers to stay safe. Get started now!

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Dry Suit Diving

Become a dry suit diver and dive all year, anywhere in the world. Join the Dry Suit Diving specialty today and learn all the knowledge and skills you need to safely and comfortably dive in a dry suit.

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Enriched Air Nitrox Level 2 (40%)

Extend your dive time, shorten your surface intervals and spend more time exploring the dive sites you love, with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certification program.

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Night Diving and Limited Visibility

Diving does not end when the sun goes down! Become a night diver and meet the incredible marine life that only comes out at night. Join the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty program.

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Navigation

Become a better, more confident diver who always knows where they are going. Learn how to use a dive compass, natural navigation techniques and more. Join the SSI Navigation specialty today!

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Search & Recovery

Make lost items a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery specialty program. You will learn all you need to plan and conduct search and recovery dives, so you can find lost items with ease.

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Deep Diving

Many exciting and iconic dive sites lie in deeper waters. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will get you there - safely and with confidence. Learn how to plan and conduct dives to between 18 and 40 meters deep with SSI.

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Wreck Diving

Do you want to explore iconic towering shipwrecks and dive World War airplanes covered in vibrant marine life? Discover the world of wreck diving and get started today with the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty program.

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Perfect Buoyancy

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty is the best way to improve your body position for relaxed dives, lower your air consumption and increase your bottom times. Take control of your enjoyment. Start online now!

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Science Of Diving

Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty. You will be halfway to earning your Divemaster rating. Get started now!

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Extended Range Wreck Diving

Descend deeper and further into the world of shipwrecks! Whether you dream of finding buried treasure on an ancient Spanish galleon or exploring WWII relics in Truk Lagoon, becoming an Extended Range wreck diver is the start of a fantastic adventure.

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Technical Wreck Diving

Want to experience amazing wreck dives? Increase your technical dive skills to conduct wreck penetration dives to 80 meters and join the world’s elite deep decompression divers. Become an SSI Technical Wreck Diver today!

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Basic Freediving

Discover the freedom and tranquility that keep freedivers returning to the water. Learn how to go freediving with this essential freediver training and earn your SSI Basic Freediving certification! Your adventures as a freediver begin here!

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Dive sites nearby

Fantasy Lake Scuba Park

Fantasy Lake Scuba Park is a 100 acre lake that has depths reaching 80ft. Great for beginner and intermediate training courses. Fantasy Lake Scuba Park is open 365 days a year making an ideal training location for specialties such as night diving.

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Mystery Lake Scuba Park

Started out as a granite quarry. Once it filled with water the town of Wendell used it for a water supply. The current owners purchased the property and are turning it into a premier diving location.

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JMR Quarry PDRA

JMR Quarry (AKA Blanch Quarry) is a great place to dive. You will need to join the “PDRA“ or come as a guest of a PDRA member. The Quarry is open 24/7/365 if you have a key. Make sure to bring a dive buddy, as there is no solo diving allowed.

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Brass Spike

A wooden hulled steam assisted sailing vessel that we discovered in 1994. A Brass sexton was found laying in the sand. This vessel has brass spikes (thus the name) in the hull and contains some of the biggest tautog you will ever see. The treasure of this wreck is waiting to be discovered.

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Quantico Pool

FBI HRT Training Pool. Located on the FBI Quantico Training Facility for FBI Dive Lockers and Staff for training and certification. Outside users are not authorized to use this training location.

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Chesapeake Light Tower

Also known locally as “The Tower”, it is located approximately 12 miles east of Rudee Inlet (Virginia Beach) and north west of the Virginia’s artificial reef. The structure consists of four huge legs extending into the bottom.

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Millbrook Quarry

Millbrook Quarry (also known as Lake Millbrook) is a shore-accessible freshwater dive site, in Haymarket, VA 20143. . The maximum depth is 91-100ft/28-30m. The average visibility is 11-15ft/3-5m.

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Blue Stone Dive Resort

We’re not just another quarry. We are a Dive Facility, better known as Blue Stone. We are located 6 miles off Interstate 85 in Thomasville, North Carolina. Blue Stone has a full service Dive center equipped with one of the most modern computer analyzed air fill station with a storage capacity of 80,000 cubic feet.

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American Quarry

American Quarry is the flagship quarry for the PDRA. (Piedmont Diving Rescue Association). The Quarry is 65’ deep at the pit with many objects to dive on.

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U-352 (Wreck)

Launched in 1941 the U-352 was a German submarine operating during World War II. She was sank on 9 May 1942 by depth charges from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Icarus, south of Morehead City, North Carolina, The wreck lies in about 35 meters of water, and sits at a 45-degree list to starboard.

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