Bodies of Water For Diving
Most bodies of water can be used as dive sites:
- Seas and Oceans - these consist of salt water and a huge variety of flora and fauna.
- Lakes - small lakes are often used for diver training. Large lakes have many features of seas including wrecks and a variety of marine life. Man-made lakes, such as clay pits and gravel pits, often have lower visibility. Some lakes are high in altitude, and they require special considerations for diving. See Altitude diving
- Caves - these are more adventurous and dangerous than normal diving. See cave diving.
- Rivers - are often shallow, murky and have strong currents.
- Quarries - abandoned rock quarries are popular in inland areas for diver training as well as recreational diving. Rock quarries also have reasonable underwater visibility - there is often little mud or sand to create mid-water particles that cause low visibility. As they are not "wild" and usually privately owned, quarries often contain objects intentionally placed for divers to explore, such as sunken boats, automobiles, aircraft, and even structures like grain silos and gravel chutes.
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