The water may be frigid, but brave the temperatures, and you're rewarded with a smorgasbord of brightly colored critters that dazzle.
Local Diving
Scuba divers flock to Shaw's Cove, Veteran's Memorial Park and Old Marineland to find a world of kelp, canyons and marine life like harbor seals.
Ask a Straits of Mackinac diver for a favorite wreck and there will be disagreement. There are many standouts off Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
The Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail takes artificial-reef lovers on a tour of more than 40 known wrecks stretching from Panama City to Pensacola.
Twenty-five reasons why we love diving in the good old U.S. of A.