Welcome to Pompano Beach

Located just north of Fort Lauderdale, in the heart of Florida’s Gold Coast, the City of Pompano Beach is home to some of the warmest and clearest waters, welcoming sandy beaches and calming breezes. It’s the perfect place for a beach vacation, with lots of fun and adventure. Enjoy exciting water sports from deep sea fishing to SCUBA diving.

Diving: "The Wreck Capital" of Florida

Pompano Beach has the most magnificent Scuba diving and snorkeling natural coral reefs that you can swim to from shore, which you can only do in South Florida. For the serious diving enthusiasts, Pompano Beach is the "Wreck Capital" of Florida. The majority of the wreck dives on the Gold Coast are located just outside the Hillsboro Inlet. With the warm gulfstream current flowing parallel to the shoreline, the linear reef tract creates perfect conditions for drift diving also known as "Valet Diving". There are several ship wrecks and miles of colorful reefs to explore. The following represents a wide variety of dive centers and dive sites you can choose from.

Dive Sites

Dive Locations 1. Pompano Trench (M-4) 2. Lost Ledge (M-5) 3. Suzzane’s Ledge (K-6) 4. Pompano 3rd Reef Ridge (M-6) 5. Steve’s Twin Ledges (L-7) 6. Shark Reef (L-8) 7. Touchdown Reef (L-8) 8. Pompano Drop Off (K-8) 9. Grouper Bend (M-8) 10. Nursery (K-9)Wreck Locations 1. Sucre (M-5) 2. Miller Lite (L-5) 3. Mariner II Tug (L-6) 4. Union Express (L-6) 5. Mary St. Philip (M-6) 6. Rodeo 25 (M-7) 7. Quallman Tugs etal. (L-7) 8. RSB-1 (L-7) 9. RBJ (M-7) 10. Chris Corey (M-7) 11. Renegade (M-8) 12. Lowrance (M-9) 13. Captain Dan (L-9) 14. Guy Harvey (M-9) 15. SS Copenhagen (K-10) 16. Caicos Express (M-10)

Dive Centers

For More Information Visit
pompanobeachfl.gov