Wildlife by group and country
Molluscs in the United States
- 9 dive sites
- 5 species
Five molluscs and nine dive sites that share neither ocean nor even salinity: the giant Pacific octopus at Puget Sound and Neah Bay; the Humboldt squid and the great scallop on the coast; and the zebra mussel in the freshwater wrecks of Isle Royale and Thunder Bay, in the Great Lakes. The Andrea Doria, at 70 metres, is the deepest.
Where
Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.
Deep wreck
Andrea Doria
United States
United StatesUp to 70 m · Technical (Trimix)
10 m10 °C
Great Scallop
See dive siteCold-water wreck
Block Island (Mohawk wreck)
United States
Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water
10 m14 °C
Great Scallop
See dive siteCoastal muck diving
Blue Heron Bridge
United States
Up to 8 m · Open Water
5 m26 °C
Common Octopus
See dive siteCold freshwater wreck
Isle Royale National Park
United States
Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m8 °C
Zebra Mussel
See dive siteKelp forest/Canyon
La Jolla Cove
United States
Up to 25 m · Open Water
10 m16 °C
Humboldt Squid
See dive siteKelp forest
Monterey Bay (Point Lobos)
United States
Up to 25 m · Open Water
10 m13 °C
Giant Pacific Octopus
See dive siteCold-water wall
Neah Bay
United States
Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m10 °C
Giant Pacific Octopus
See dive siteCold-water fjord
Puget Sound (giant Pacific octopus)
United States
Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
8 m10 °C
Giant Pacific Octopus
See dive siteFreshwater wreck
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
United States
Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m10 °C
Zebra Mussel
