Our Difficulty Level Legend

Snorkeling
There is something to see within 15 ft of water or less, not requiring scuba gear. Good place for kids to splash around or to try out that new mask.
Beginner
The bottom is 30ft deep or less, flat or gradually sloping bottom, and not current sensitive regardless of tides.
Intermediate
Anything up to 60 ft deep and currents are mild.
Advanced
An area that is known to be current sensitive, there are steep drop offs or tall walls and/or difficult surge or surf. Its recommended to have an advanced scuba certification before attempting these sites.
Technical
Sites that are over the recommended recreation diving limit of 130ft deep, require special gas mixes or specialized equipment for ship wreck penetration or cave diving.
 

 

Legal Disclaimer:
SCUBA diving is a wonderful hobby that people routinely safely enjoy with the proper training, conditioning, and application of common sense. The choice on whether you should be diving at a particular dive site at a particular time depends on many factors including but not limited to:

1) Your skill level 

2) Your current physical condition

3) Your equipment

 4) Environmental and site conditions

 5) Other factors not listed.

You must make your own judgment about the diveability of any particular site or situation. No one else should or can make that determination for you.

 

You can use references such as SCUBA websites (such as this one), SCUBA magazines, local dive shops, dive professionals hired to guide you at a specific site, dive buddies and SCUBA friends, and other resources but you remain ultimately responsible for your own safety. This is the nature of SCUBA diving.

 

You and only you must decide if it is safe for you to don your gear and enter the water. Only when you have total confidence in your decision to enter the water and dive safely should you go forward and proceed with your SCUBA diving endeavors.