Lake Murray Irmo Side “Rhett’s Reef“

This is Clark’s Hill Lake, also called Lake Strom Thurmond. It’s a great place for boating, swimming, and scuba diving. The main environmental conditions to think about here are temperature, depth, a rocky and steep descent to the shoreline, and possible interference from other people.

The Cooper River... offers divers the unique experience of searching the bottom of the river for giant megalodon fossilized shark teeth, whale fossils, mastodon fossils and many other fossils. There is also a great opportunity here for the treasure hunters searching for Indian artifacts, Colonial artifacts, etc.

Private Dive Site located in Ravenel, South Carolina. This 1 mile long fresh water lake is predominantly 20 feet deep with several 30 foot holes.

This is a PDRA Quarry. It is membership owned and its deepest point the depth is around 96 ft. Surface temps range from 82 F in the summer to 40 F in the winter.

This is a great place to extend your diving because of the warmer water in the wintertime, also making this a great place to do Open Water training in the winter.

15 Min from Seneca SC this dive site is near DUKE power plant. The site is on public access to Lake Jocassee. The site ranges in depth from areas that are 30 ft/9m to 99 ft/30m deep. The water flow from the power station caused the lake to have a current up to 2 knots and visibility can be from 30 ft/9m to zero.

Lake Keowee is a man-made reservoir located in South Carolina. It was developed to serve the needs of power utility and public recreational purposes. It is approximately 26 miles long, 3 miles wide, with an average depth of 54 feet. It’s located approximately 800 feet above sea level.

This site provides something for divers of all levels. While there are numerous sunken boats, the main attraction is the Chinese Junk imported decades ago and after multiple sinkings finally came to reset here. Other entertaining sites here include vending machines, tic-tac-toe table, and Halloween cemetery.

Lake Jocassee is a beautiful mountain lake in South Carolina. You will need a boat to see the graveyard at about 130ft to 150ft. Some of the headstones are still there. You can do both boat dives and shore dives.

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.