Pensacola, Florida, USA
USS Oriskany
The “Great Carrier Reef”: an aircraft carrier sunk on purpose in 2006.
About the dive
USS Oriskany is an advanced to expert dive site in Pensacola, Florida, USA. It is a wreck dive. Divers have logged 845 dives here, going to 37 m on average in around 19 m of visibility. 11 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are barracudas, angelfish and jacks. Sightings peak in June, July and August.
- Level
- Advanced–Expert
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 37 m
- Visibility
- 19 m
- Dive time
- 31 min
- Logged dives
- 845
- Busiest months
- Jun · Jul · Aug
- Region
- Northern Gulf of Mexico
Most sighted here
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
JacksPhoto: Christopher Mark · CC BY
LionfishPhoto: Meritt Thomas · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at USS Oriskany and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Jacks | ||||||||||||
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
| Groupers | ||||||||||||
| Bull shark | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Snappers | ||||||||||||
| Moon Jellyfish | ||||||||||||
| Silky shark | ||||||||||||
| Tarpon |
The wreck
This is the site of the USS Oriskany, one of the most famous wrecks in the world. Read how she went down.
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