Although we all love to travel to dive, just because we’ll spend the summer closer to home doesn’t mean we can’t make remarkable discoveries. No matter if you’re on the Eastern Seaboard, the West Coast or somewhere in between, there’s something to see when it comes to diving locally.
“Here in South Carolina you can have a great day of diving no matter the conditions,” says Richardson. “We have had crystal-clear visibility where we are awed by the beauty of mantas and sharks. If the visibility is a bit lower, the diver can appreciate the smaller beauty of the wrecks that they may normally overlook, such as a camouflaged deer cowrie or a shy arrow crab. You aren’t missing out by not traveling to far-away places because our coast has everything you are looking