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USS Oriskany
Gulf Breeze, Florida Panhandle, United States
EntryBoat
Max depth65 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyGulf of Mexico
Water temp18–29°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Aug
About this site
USS Oriskany is a wreck dive site near Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 65 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, frogfish, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 18 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Atlantic Spotted DolphinStenella frontalis
Purple-spined Sea UrchinArbacia punctulata
Pantropical Spotted DolphinStenella attenuata- Bank ButterflyfishPrognathodes aya
Bank Sea BassCentropristis ocyurus
BarbfishScorpaena brasiliensis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Nearby sites
- 1Chevron Oil Rig4.2 km
- 2Tenneco Platform9.2 km
- 3Antares12 km
- 4Ydt-1516 km
- 5Ydt-1416 km
- 6Knicklebine Barge18 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org